Saturday, May 1, 2004
KENNESAW
STATE SWEEPS BLUE HOSE 5-4 & 7-0 ON SENIOR DAY
Kennesaw,
GA — Senior
shortstop Dustin
Atkinson launched a two-out home run in the bottom of the
seventh inning to tie the game and Derrick
Tucker singled in the winning run three batters later as
Kennesaw State came from behind to defeat Presbyterian College
5-4 in
the first game of a doubleheader sweep at Stillwell Stadium.
Kennesaw State took the Senior Day nightcap 7-0.
It was all long balls
for the Owls as they blasted five home runs on the afternoon
including one in each game by Scott
Hendrix.
Kennesaw
State (30-22) fell behind early as back-to-back hits by Curtis Bell (1-for-3) and Phil
Hauserman (1-for-3) in the top of the second inning gave
the Blue Hose a 1-0 lead.
Jon
Love (1-for-3)
quickly gave KSU the lead on a two-run, opposite field homer
to right off Presbyterian starter Robert
Cole.
A two-run
third inning pushed the lead back in favor of Presbyterian.
Howard led off the frame with a walk and Evan
Sowell (2-for-3) reached on a bunt single as Lance
Howard (0-for-2)
advanced to third on a wild throw to first by Kennesaw State
pitcher Shannon van Wyck.
A fly ball
to left by Donald
Sheppard (1-for-4) scored Howard to tie the game at two.
However, the second big base running mistake of the game cost
Presbyterian (25-27) a chance at a big inning as Sowell was
picked off first base by van Wyck. After a walk to Robbie
Parrish (1-for-3), Kevin
White (2-for-4) tripled to left field to give PC a 3-2
lead.
Hendrix led
off the bottom of the fourth inning with his tenth home run of
the season to tie the game at three where it stayed until PC
took it's third lead of the contest on an RBI single by
Parrish.
Cole (5-4)
was cruising through the first six innings for the Blue Hose
as he allowed just three hits. The left-hander struck out Scott Conway (0-for-3) to lead off the bottom of the seventh inning
and got Love to fly to right field before Atkinson (1-for-2)
launched his home run to left field to tie the game.
Sammy
Reed (6-2) picked up
the win in relief as the Owls used a trio of seniors in the
game. Shannon van Wyck started and allowed two earned runs in four innings
of work. Scott Bradley
tossed two and a third innings of three hit relief before
giving way to Reed in the seventh inning.
Game
#1 - Box
Score
Hendrix and
Kevin Gergel each
hit solo home runs and Watters had a pair of hits in the 7-0
nightcap.
The Owls
scored solo runs in the first, second and fourth innings
before blowing open the game with a four-run fifth inning. Adrian
Colton drove in a pair of runs with a two-run single in
the frame.
Blake
Whitaker (5-4) picked
up the win in relief of Eli
Rose who pitched three innings of one hit ball. Rose
struck out two batters, but walked four as he came up short in
his bid to raise his record to 5-0.
Chip
Atchley and Brett
Campbell each pitched an inning of relief to give the Owls
their third straight doubleheader sweep of the year.
Game #2 - Box Score