College Scores Week ending 4/1

Wednesday

Belmont Abbey......8
Lander....................7


Castellanos' Walk-Off Homer Gives Baseball 8-7 Win Over Lander (3/28/07)

BELMONT, NC- Belmont Abbey freshman second baseman Alex Castellanos delivered a two-out solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning, his team leading 14th round-tripper of the year, as the Crusaders extended their winning streak to seven with an 8-7 win over Lander this afternoon at Abbey Yard. The Abbey improves its record to 25-12, while the Bearcats fall to 11-24.

After Lander’s T.J. Guinan tied the game with a three-run homer with one out in the top of the eighth, neither team scored again until the bottom of the ninth. Andy Quick retired the first two batters of the inning on a strikeout and a popout, but on a 1-0 count, Castellanos ripped a blast well over the leftfield wall for the win. He finished the day 3-4 and raised his season average to .479.

Quick was charged with the loss after allowing the winning run on two hits. He fanned five and did not walk a batter in three innings of work. Trey Summerlin, the fourth Abbey pitcher of the day, improved his record to 3-1 after holding the Bearcats scorless in the ninth. He allowed one hit.

Lander grabbed an early 4-0 lead, getting a manufactured run in the first and plating three more in the second to build a 4-0 advantage.

The Abbey would respond by scoring seven unanswered runs, starting with three in the fourth. Will Breslin led off with an infield single, and scored on the first of two Seth Waller doubles to trim the lead to 4-1. Castellanos followed with a single up the middle, scoring Waller to cut the lead in half at 4-2. After a flyout, a wild pitch and a walk, catcher Josh Cable trimmed the Lander lead to one with a lacing single to left that brought home Castellanos.

In the fifth, the Crusaders pushed across one run to knot the game at five. Breslin led off with a single, moved to third on a double down the leftfield line by Waller, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Castellanos to tie the contest at four.

The Crusaders took the lead for the first time in the sixth, scoring three runs with two outs. After the first two men were retired, leftfielder Tyler McKenzie ripped a single to center, and was lifted for pinch runner Derek Swilley. Rightfielder Alex Udwari followed with a double to the gap in right center, allowing Swilley to score easily from first as the Crusaders grabbed the lead for the first time at 5-4. Udwari then moved to third on a wild pitch, and he scored on Breslin’s 11th homer of the year, a towering blast to right center that upped the Abbey lead to 7-4.

The lead remained 7-4 until Guinan’s contributions in the eighth, and the game was tied at seven until Castellanos ended it.

Belmont Abbey ripped 15 hits as Castellanos and Breslin both finished with three. Castellanos drove in three runs and scored twice.

The Abbey is back in action tomorrow at three when it hosts Catawba.

 

Belmont Abbey.........6
Catawba...............12

BELMONT, NC- The Belmont Abbey baseball team had its seven game winning streak snapped this afternoon as it fell to visiting Catawba 12-6 at Abbey Yard. The Indians improve to 25-12, while the Crusaders slip to 25-13.

Catawba starter Paul Link earned the win as he allowed four runs on five hits in five innings of work. He carried a one-hitter into the fifth before he was lifted for Blake Ketner. He struck out one and walked four. Michael Rue was charged with the loss. He allowed ten runs, eight earned, on seven hits in two and two-thirds innings of work. He struck out one and walked three.

The Indians never trailed it the game as it scored three times in the second and blew the game open in the third, scoring eight runs as they sent 14 men to the plate. They would add one more in the sixth on a leadoff homer by first baseman Zach Evans to widen the lead to 12-0.

Belmont Abbey got on the board in its half of the sixth, scoring five runs on six hits. Back-to-back doubles by Will Breslin and Seth Waller produced the first run. Second baseman Alex Castellanos brought Waller home with a single for the second Abbey run. Josh Haire followed with a single, moving Castellanos to third.

After a pitching change, Ketner retired the next two batters on a strikeout and a groundout, but surrendered a single to Patrick Atwell that plated Castellanos for the third run. Atwell moved to second on the play, and Tyler McKenzie drove him and Haire in with a single back up the box to cut the lead to 12-5. The Crusaders added one more in the ninth on an RBI single to left by Haire, scoring Alex Udwari, who led off the inning with a double down the rightfield line.

The Abbey finished with 11 hits as Castellanos led the way with three hits, all singles, as he raised his season average to .483. Atwell and Haire both finished with a pair of hits. Evans led Catawba with three hits in four at bats as the Indians recorded 11 on the afternoon.

 

Elon Sweeps Davidson

Not a good weekend for the Wildcats. Lost badly on Friday and Saturday and lost a tough 4-3 decision yesterday. On Friday, Elon pitcher Steven Hensley stuck out 16 Wilcats in 8 innings of work.

 

Tusculum swept PC this weekend and are now tied for first in the conference with Carson-Newman. TC has the tiebreaker over CN beating them 2 out of 3 times a couple weeks ago. Wingate this weekend and finishing with LR next weekend. We will be down at Wingate Friday night at 6:30 so come out if not to busy, should be some great ball.

 

Don't know how these scores were missed!

March 31

Belmont Abbey 8
Pfeiffer 1

Pfeiffer 7
Belmont Abbey 3

April 1
Pfeiffer 11
Belmont Abbey 2