Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Holmes Drives In Three Runs In Loss To USC Aiken

AIKEN, S.C.- The 13th ranked USC Aiken Pacers (12-3) opened up a 4-1 game with seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning in its defeat of Presbyterian (9-12) 18-3 in non-conference baseball action on Tuesday evening at Roberto Hernandez Stadium.  

Presbyterian grabbed the early 1-0 lead in the second on an RBI double to right center off the bat of Bobby Holmes.

He finished 1-for-3 on the night, driving in all three Blue Hose runs. Kyle Craven added a 2-for-3 evening, scoring twice.  

USC Aiken got on the board in the third inning as the only PC error of the night led to four unearned runs in the frame. Chad Jacobsen singled home Darryl Pui from second base and Ken Raborn (3) blasted his third home run of the season off the scoreboard in left center to make it 4-1.  

Raborn was 1-for-2 on the night with two runs scored and three RBI but reached base four times while Jacobsen added a 2-for-4 performance.  

The big blow in the fifth inning was a bases loaded double down the left field line by Ben Tankersley.  

The former Presbyterian College player turned in a career-night, going 2-for-5 with four RBI.  Josh Eachues, Zach Cooper, and Chris Sheehan each added RBI base hits in the inning.  

Cooper finished 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored while Sheehan, the reigning Peach Belt Conference Player of the Week, went 3-for-4.  

USC Aiken tacked on two more in the six, three in the seventh, and two in the eighth as 13 of 17 players for the Pacers had at least one hit.  

Jonathan Bolt (1-0) tossed 5.0 innings of two-hit baseball, allowing two earned runs on two walks, striking out five in the win.  

Jesse Harmon (2-3) was touched for nine runs, five earned, on eight hits and three walks, striking out six in 4.1 innings in the loss for PC.

Presbyterian hosts fourth-ranked Georgia College & State at 2 p.m. today at the PC Baseball Complex.