College Baseball Scores and stuff

ASU 10 - Wake Forest 9

Wow! ASU was down 7-0 after 2 innings then came back with 3 runs in the 3rd and 7 runs in the 4th to take a 10-7 lead. Jason Rook hit a grand slam with 2 outs in the 4th to cap off the big inning. Brandon Graves got the win after giving up 4 runs in 5 innings of relief of starter Calvin Teague. Garrett Sherrill pitched scoreless 8th and 9th innings to get the save.

Here's some pictures from the game.

 

Belmont Abbey............7
Augusta St..............12

AUGUSTA, GA- The Belmont Abbey baseball team dropped a 12-7 decision at 19th ranked Augusta State this afternoon at Lake Olmstead Stadium. With the win, the Jaguars improve to 9-3, while the Crusaders fall to 7-5.

Jaguars starter Ben Dukes improved his record to 3-0 after allowing three runs on eight hits in five and one-thirds innings. He struck out two and walked three. Abbey starter John Merritt fell to 0-1 after giving up eight runs, seven earned, on 11 hits in four and two-thirds innings. He walked a pair.

The Abbey jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on an RBI double to left by second baseman Alex Castellanos, scoring Patrick Atwell, who led off the game with an opposite field single.

The Jaguars would tie the game with a run in the second and took the lead for good with a pair in the fourth to open up a 3-1 lead. In the fifth, Augusta State broke the game open with seven runs on six hits to widen its gap to 10-1.

The Crusaders pushed two across in the sixth on a two-run homer by designated hitter Seth Waller, and after the Jaguars scored two more in the seventh, the Crusaders plated two in the eighth and two more in the ninth.

In the eighth, shortstop Josh Haire ripped a one-out double to left, and was followed by a walk to Tyler McKenzie. Atwell brought both men home with a triple to close the lead to 12-5.

Down to its final three outs, the Abbey rallied for a pair of runs, getting a two-RBI single up the middle from Waller, scoring Castellanos and rightfielder Alex Udwari.

The Abbey is back in action Wednesday when it hosts Lenoir-Rhyne. First pitch is set for 2:00 p.m.

 

Carson-Newman 4-11 Mars Hill 3-0

The Lion's season (3-13, 0-5) is growing into nightmarish proportions as they suffer yet another late inning loss in the 1st game and get thier butts kicked in the 2nd as Carson-Newman completes the doubleheader sweep at Henderson Field on Saturday.

In Game 1, Mars Hill jumped on C-N starter Matt Teague (Western Carolina transfer from Belmont) for 2 runs in the first before Teague settled down and kept things close until C-N tied things up in the 8th 2-2. Mars Hill got another great sterting performance from Nick Tracey (Herndon, Va) who went 9 innings. Carson-Newman finally broke the tie in the 12th on freshman Micheal Brown's 2-run blast. Mars Hill rallied in the bottom of the frame with a HR from senior Matt Carter and a double by senior Marc Wassum only to see the rally fall short for a 4-3 loss.

In Game 2, MHC starter Cody Branton (Mt.Heritage) suffered his first bad start of the year (6 ER) giving up 4 runs in the first and later a 3-run blast to Brandon Burchfield that broke the game open 8-0. C-N then cruised to the 11-0 win.

HANG IN THERE. DON'T GIVE UP, GUYS!!!!!

INJURY REPORT:
Carson-Newman's Wes Dozier (Hopewell) joins another freshman and former showcase teammate Tusculum's Sean Cotten (Lake Norman) on the red-shirt injury list for this year.

GET WELL SOON!!!!!!!

 

game 1
Belmont Abbey.......8
Anderson Univ..........6

game 2
Belmont Abbey .......10
Anderson Univ............6


ANDERSON, SC- The Belmont Abbey College Crusaders swept a doubleheader with Anderson University Trojans Saturday at Anderson Memorial Stadium to give the Trojans their first two conference losses of the year.

Alex Udwari’s three-run home run in the top of the sixth inning proved to be enough to hold off the Trojans in the first game, 8-6.

In the second game, Belmont Abbey scored six runs in the first inning to take control early and the Crusaders went on to post a 10-6 victory.

Jonathan Pitts’ two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth of the first game tied the score at 5, but the Crusaders answered in the top of the fifth with a one-out double by Seth Waller and Udwari’s three-run home run in the sixth.

The Trojans were led offensively in the first game by Blair Carson, who was 3-for-4 with a run scored, and by Pitts, who was 2-for-3 with a three-run home run.
The Trojans stranded nine men on base.

Belmont Abbey started game two of the doubleheader with six runs in the first inning off of five hits. The big hit in the inning was a three-run double by Seth Waller.
The Crusaders scored two more runs in third on a solo home run by Waller and an RBI double by Josh Haire.

The Trojans scored three runs in the fourth on five walks and no hits then added two runs in fifth on a two-run double by Pitts to make the score 8-5.
After the Crusaders scored two runs in the top of the seventh, the Trojans scored one in the bottom of the seventh.

Pitts led the Trojans offensively by going 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored.
The Crusaders out hit the Trojans in the second game, 16-8.
With the sweep, Belmont Abbey improves to 9-6, 3-2. Anderson is now 7-11, 3-2.

 

Crazy times at Pioneer Park in Tusculum today. With the series tied 1-1, todays game was one of the greatest games i ever seen. Tusculum was up 3-1 in the top of the 8th inning and Catawba scores two runs to tie the game. Tusculum had their chances to score in the bottom of both 8 and 9 innings. So of course the game goes to the 11th inning. This maybe one fo the most heads-up plays i have ever seen but Catawba was hitting in the top of the 11th innings with runners on 2nd and 1st with two outs. I think it was there 6 hole hitter was up and hits a ball between Short and third and of course the coach sends the runner home. The left fielder comes up and throwes the ball to third base to pick off the runner going to third before the runner crosses the plate. A second later the runner would have scored. So that was the 3rd out and Tusculum comes up to bat. With runners on 1st and 2nd, Mark Deans comes up and htis one into the left-center gap for the game winner to cap off a great game between two great teams. Tusculum improves to 8-6, 2-3 Conference. Next weekend is Mars Hill at Tusculum.

 

WFU 5 #18 San Diego 3

Wake Forest held on to salvage game 3 and avoid the sweep. WFU blew a 2-run lead in the bottom of the 9th in game 2. Greenville Rose Standout Garret Bullock (1-0, 1.50 ERA) went 7-innings, allowed 7-hits, 3-runs (1-earned), struck out 3 and walked 1. It's Bullock's second straight strong outing.

WFU faces UNC-Charlotte Tuesday at WFU.

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Lenior-Rhyne

Wingate, N.C. - The Lenoir-Rhyne College Baseball Team (14-3, 4-1) increased its winning streak to seven games after winning both games of a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader of Wingate University (4-11, 0-2), 11-8 and 10-5, Saturday afternoon at Christopher Stadium.

Game One - Lenoir-Rhyne 11, Wingate 8
The Bears rallied from a four-run deficit on three occasions to take the first game of a doubleheader.

Down 8-4, Lenoir-Rhyne scored the last seven runs of the game highlighted by junior outfielder Mark Drucker's (Boca Raton, Fla./Indian River CC) three-run home run in the seventh inning.

Drucker finished with three hits and three runs batted in while freshman designated hitter Hank Wofford (Clover, S.C./Clover HS) went five-for-five with five RBI to lead the Bears.

Three players had four hits for the Bulldogs, led by Blair Troutman (Concord, N.C.) with three RBI as well, and Wingate totaled 18 hits in the contest but left 17 men on base in the loss.

Freshman Andrew Hunt (Winston-Salem, N.C./North Davidson HS) improved to 2-0 with the win while Michael Manfro (Warrenton, Va.) suffered the loss.

Box Score

Game Two - Lenoir-Rhyne 10, Wingate 5
Lenoir-Rhyne jumped ahead 3-0 in the top of the first inning and led 9-1 after three and a half innings then held off Wingate to sweep the doubleheader.

Junior third baseman Rob Mullin (Farmington, N.C./Garden City CC) connected on a two-run double in the first inning and senior second baseman Derek Pugh (Asheboro, N.C./Greensboro Day School) added a two-run single in the third frame as the Bears withstood a Bulldog rally for the win.

Wingate cut the margin to 9-5 but freshman Chris Henderson (Lincolnton, N.C./Lincolnton HS) pitched two scoreless innings to close out L-R's victory.

Freshman Justin Crowell (New London, N.C./North Stanly HS) improved to 3-0 on the year and Lee Oxendine (Laurinburg, N.C.) suffered the loss.

Pugh finished with three runs batted in and Drucker added two hits and two RBI for Lenoir-Rhyne while Wingate's Jay Barnes (Strasburg, Va.) tallied three hits and two runs batted in.

 

Belmont Abbey..........8
Lenoir-Rhyne..........11

HICKORY, NC- The Lenoir-Rhyne College Baseball Team (15-3) scored nine runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to rally from a five-run deficit to defeat Belmont Abbey College (10-7), 11-8, Tuesday afternoon at Bears Field.

The Bears also pushed their winning streak to eight games and defeated the Crusaders for the second time in six days.

Trailing 7-2 after five and a half innings, Lenoir-Rhyne plated nine runs in their half of the sixth highlighted by sophomore catcher Dallas Tarleton’s (Monroe, N.C./Piedmont HS) three-run home run and senior shortstop Taylor MacCurdy’s (Charlotte, N.C./Providence HS) two-run double.

Tarleton finished with two hits and three runs batted in while freshman pitcher Kurt Benton (Stanfield, N.C./West Stanly HS) picked up his first career win.

Junior Josh Keller (Catfish, N.C./Methodist College) saved his third consecutive game for the Bears, who have won 13 of their last 14 contests.

A four-run fourth inning helped the Crusaders jump out to a 7-2 advantage and Seth Waller (Salisbury, N.C.) and Alex Castellanos (Miami, Fla.) hit back-to-back home runs in the fifth frame but Belmont Abbey couldn’t hold the lead.

John Merritt (Yadkinville, N.C.) suffered the loss for the Crusaders.

Belmont Abbey hosts Limestone in a doubleheader beginning at Noon on Saturday.

 

Mars Hill 9 Lander 8

MARS HILL, NC - This time it's Mars Hill's time to win on the last at bat. The game winning hit came with the Lions down 8-7, bases loaded, on a 3-2 count off the bat of sophomore shortstop Brian Williams (Orlando, Palm Beach Atlantic). Williams ' heroics were set up by some brilliant relief pitching by Jason Kennell (Charlotte, Myers Park) and winning pitcher Eric Stewart (Asheville, TC Roberson, Blue Ridge CC).

After normally reliable freshman starter Justin Hall got knocked around for 7 ER, the Lions found themselves down 8-0 in the 3rd inning. That's when Kennell took over on the mound and the Lions began thier comeback. OF James Dean (Lake Butler, Fla.) led Mars Hill hitters going 4-6 with 2 RBI. Junior TJ Guinan was a force at the plate for the Lander Bearcats going 3-5 with 2 doubles, a HR, and 2 RBI.

An unusually mild February afternoon for baseball at Henderson Field today.

 

Wake Forest 9 Charlotte 7

Charlotte was unable to hold on to a 7-2 lead. A two run home run in the tenth does them in. They will take on James Madison this weekend at Kannapolis.