Salisbury, N.C. —- The Catawba College baseball team extended their win streak to seven games and nine of their last 10 following a doubleheader sweep of Limestone at Newman Park to move atop the South Atlantic Conference standings at 9-3 in league play and 19-6 overall.
GAME ONE | Catawba 11, Limestone 2
TEAM STATISTICS
- Catawba out-hit Limestone 12-4
- The Catawba Indians had six of seven extra-base hits; both teams hit a homer
- The Saints committed each of the three errors in the contest
- Catawba had the lone stolen base of game one
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Payne Stolsworth pitched a complete game, tossing nine innings, while allowing two runs on four hits, striking out eight
- Sam Hunter was 2-for-4 with a double, a steal, two RBI and two runs scored
- Bo Rusher homered for the third time this week, driving in three runs
- Dylan Driver triple, drove in a run and scored twice
- Cole Hales went 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST INNING
- Limestone's Winston Parke homered on the first pitch of the game to take an early lead
SECOND INNING
- Cooper Bryson's double put runners on second and third with one out
- Logan Rogers drove in the runner from third before Ty Hubbard's RBI sac bunt put Catawba on top 2-1
THIRD INNING
- Rusher belted a two-run homer to right to push the lead to 4-1
- Two singles and a throwing error allowed Hales to score on Bryson's RBI groundout
FOURTH INNING
- Hunter's RBI double down the right field line scored Driver
- Rusher's drove in another on a single for a 7-1 Catawba advantage
FIFTH INNING
- Josh Shuler's two-out RBI single stopped the scoring run for Catawba to make it 7-2
SIXTH INNING
- Driver led the sixth inning off with a triple to right center
- Hunter drove him in on an RBI groundout
SEVENTH INNING
- Catawba added another score in the seventh on Driver's RBI hit-by-pitch
EIGHTH INNING
- Hales double set up Parker Styborski's RBI sac fly
- Patrick Hogan ripped off an RBI double to left center for the final score of game one
GAME TWO | Catawba 7, Limestone 4
TEAM STATISTICS
- Limestone out-hit Catawba 7-6
- The Saints had two of three extra-base hits in the game with Catawba recording the lone homer
- Limestone committed two of three errors in the game
- The Saints had five of seven stolen bases in game two
- Catawba's pitchers allowed three earned runs on seven hits and five walks, striking out seven; Limestone's staff allowed six earned runs on six hits and six walks, striking out six
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Rogers hit an opposite-field grand slam
- Drew Robertson singled, drove in a run and scored twice
- Hunter recorded yet another multi-hit game
- Casey Gouge earned the win on the mound, tossing two shutout innings in relief, while striking out four; Hales picked up his third save on the season in the ninth
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST INNING
- Robertson walked for Catawba's third straight to drive in a run
- Rogers emptied the bases with an opposite-field grand slam to kick open a 5-0 lead
SECOND INNING
- Rusher's RBI single to left scored Driver to take a commanding 6-0 lead
THIRD INNING
- Limestone got one back in the third on Davis Turner's sac fly
- Catawba answered when Robertston raced around third and scored after Hubbard beat out a potential double play
FOURTH INNING
- Limestone struck for three runs in the fourth on Wyatt Stone's RBI base hit and two runners scoring on a throwing error
UP NEXT
- Catawba hits the road for their first game against a ranked opponent this season, looking to take the season sweep of 18th-ranked Mount Olive on Tuesday; first pitch is set for 3 p.m.
