BLUE HOSE AND RAMS SPLIT TODAY’S BASEBALL DOUBLEHEADER
PC
rallies to win the first game 10-9 while Shepherd wins
second game 16-10
CLINTON,
S.C. — Presbyterian
College and Shepherd College split games in today’s
non-conference baseball doubleheader held at the PC Baseball
Complex Saturday afternoon. The Blue Hose rallied to win the
first game by a score of 10-9 while the Rams won the second
game 16-10.
GAME
#1 — PRESBYTERIAN 10, SHEPHERD 9
PC’s
sophomore shortstop Evan
Sowell (Chesterfield, S.C.) had a sacrifice bunt in the
bottom of the ninth to score teammate sophomore second baseman
Donald Sheppard (Sylvania,
Ga.) to break a 9-9 tie to lift the Blue Hose to a 10-9
victory over Shepherd College.
The
Rams broke open a 2-2 tie game with a six-run third inning to
take an 8-2 lead. Shepherd got RBI singles from five different
players in the rally. In the bottom of the inning, PC picked
up three runs to cut the lead to 8-5 highlighted by an RBI
single from senior third baseman Curtis
Bell (Gilbert, S.C.) and a base-loaded hit-by-pitch with
scored junior first baseman Jake
Lunnen (Sylva, N.C.). Both teams scored a run in the
fifth, but PC pulled to within 9-8 in the bottom of the sixth
on a RBI-double from redshirt junior outfielder Lance Howard (Simpsonville, S.C.) and a sacrifice RBI from Bell.
PC’s
sophomore pitcher Robert
Cook (Clinton, S.C.) picked up the win after going six and
one-third innings allowing two earned runs on eight hits while
striking out three batters. Shepherd’s sophomore Tony
Magnanelli (Frederick, MD) took the loss after going three
and one-third innings allowing three runs, two earned on six
hits. At the plate, Bell and Lunnen led the Blue Hose by each
going two-for-three with two RBI while Sheppard drove added
three RBI for the game. Sheppard was led by senior second
baseman Jason Walck (Wayensboro, PA) who went three-for-five at the plate
with two RBI.
GAME
#2 — SHEPHERD 16, PRESBYTERIAN 10
Shepherd
College and Presbyterian College pounded out a combined 26
runs on 27 hits as the Rams built a early 13-4 lead in the
third inning and held on to win 16-10 in the second game of
the doubleheader.
The
Rams went ahead 5-0 in the top of the first inning keyed by
senior catcher Jon Serrano’s (Stafford, VA) two-RBI single. PC trimmed the lead
to 5-2 in the bottom of the inning on a two-RBI single from
freshman catcher Robert
Rodebaugh (Marietta, Ga.). Shepherd pulled ahead 13-2 in
the top of third after senior first baseman Charlie
Drummond (Strasburg, VA) hit a two-run homerun while
senior outfielder Tavis
Laws (Stephens City, VA) and sophomore outfielder Joe Cook (Leesburg, VA) each hit RBI doubles. The Blue Hose cut the
lead to 13-4 in the bottom of the inning on an RBI singles
from Lunnen and Sheppard.
The
Blue Hose continue to chip away at the lead and after a
five-run fifth inning trailed by only four runs at 13-9. The
inning was keyed by three RBI
triple by Sowell. Shepherd added two runs in the top of
the sixth to stretch the lead to 15-9 on a RBI single from
Serrano. Both teams would score a run in the seventh as the
Rams held on to win 16-10.
Junior
pitcher Scott Koscielnak (Severn, MD) picked up the win after going four and
one-third innings allowing five runs on seven hits. PC’s
freshman pitcher Max
Fischer (Cumming, Ga.) took the loss after going one
inning allowing five runs on five hits.
At the plate the Rams were
led by Drummond who went three-for-three with four RBI while
Serrano went three-for-five with three runs scored. Serrano
also went three-for-five with three RBI for Shepherd. PC was
led by Rodebaugh who went two-for-two with two RBI and Sowell
who drove in three RBI.
PC and Shepherd will play a doubleheader tomorrow starting at 12 noon to finish the four-game weekend series.