Sunday, February 11, 2007
Craven Drives In Winning Run In PC Victory Over Brevard
CLINTON, S.C. – Presbyterian’s Steven Henry picked up his second win from the hill this season and the Blue Hose defeated Brevard 5-4 on Sunday afternoon at the PC Baseball Complex.
Henry (Hoschton, Ga.) pitched the final three innings of the game to earn the win, allowing only one Tornado hit in the final three stanzas. He replaced starter Daniel Hill (Matthews, N.C.).
Hill hurled 6.0 innings and fanned eight batters.
The game was tied 4-4 entering the bottom of the seventh inning, but Presbyterian went ahead off the bat of Kyle Craven (Savannah, Ga.).
Craven had the RBI on the game-winning run when he doubled to right center field off Brevard reliever Talon Rawls to bring Cory Lyda (Simpsonville, S.C.) home from second base and give the Blue Hose the lead for good at 5-4.
Lyda had reached base two batters earlier on an error by Brevard second baseman Brandon Ball. He was then placed in scoring position one batter before Craven on a sacrifice bunt by Russell Robinson (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.).
Presbyterian was down at one point in the game by four runs after letting the Tornados open the game to the tune of four runs in the first two innings.
Down 4-0, Presbyterian began its work offensively in the fifth inning.
Freshman Jesse Harmon (Newberry, S.C.) got things rolling in the bottom of the fifth inning when he doubled to left center field.
Two batters later, Zach Wilson (Mechanicsville, Va.) singled him in for the first run of the game for the Blue Hose. PC eventually scored two more in the inning to make it 4-3.
In the bottom of the sixth Presbyterian tied the contest when Bobby Holmes (Quinton, Va.) crossed the plate to make it 4-4.
Presbyterian improves to 3-5 with the victory, while Brevard falls to 3-3 on the 2007 season.
The Blue Hose next welcome USC Upstate to the PC Baseball Complex at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 13.