Mount Olive, N.C. —- The Catawba College baseball team fell behind 11-0 after four innings at #18 Mount Olive before clawing back within three runs, but ultimately fell in midweek NCAA Division II baseball action.
TEAM STATISTICS
- Mount Olive out-hit Catawba 14-12
- The Catawba Indians had five of seven extra-base hits in the game, but UMO hit two of three homers on the afternoon
- UMO committed two of three errors in the game
- Catawba recorded three of five stolen bases
- Mount Olive's pitchers allowed 10 earned runs on 12 hits and six walks, striking out eight; Catawba's staff allowed 15 earned runs on 14 hits and seven walks, striking out two
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Levi Perrell was 3-for-5 with two doubles, a walk, two RBI and two runs scored
- Logan Rogers went 2-for-4 with a homer, a walk, two RBI and two runs scored
- Cole Hales added two hits with a double and three RBI
- Sam Hunter singled, drove in a run, stole two bases and scored
- Cooper Bryson added two hits; Ty Hubbard scored three runs
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST INNING
- Two Mount Olive homers gave the Trojans a 4-0 lead after the first frame
SECOND INNING
- A two-out RBI single and hit-by-pitch added two more runs for UMO
THIRD INNING
- Mount Olive added three more runs in the third to take a 9-0 lead
FOURTH INNING
- Two more Trojan runs made it 11-0 after four frames
FIFTH INNING
- Catawba loaded the bases with one out in the fifth
- Perrell put the Catawba Indians on the board with a two-RBI single
- Hunter scored another on a single through the right side
- Bo Rusher deposited an RBI single to center to cap the four-run inning
- UMO added two more runs on a single in the bottom half, leading 13-4
SIXTH INNING
- Rogers launched his team-leading seventh homer of the year on a two-run blast
EIGHTH INNING
- Dylan Driver drove in a run on a groundout to start the scoring in the eighth
- Hales' two-out double cleared the bases, as Catawba pulled within 13-10
- Mount Olive added two insurance runs in the bottom half
NINTH INNING
- Two errors and a walk loaded the bases for the Catawba Indians with two outs
- Hubbard scored on a wild pitch to get back within four runs with the tying run on deck
- Mount Olive stranded two on a strikeout to end the high-scoring affair
UP NEXT
- Catawba doesn't have to wait long to get another crack at another nationally ranked opponent, as it welcomes 23rd-ranked North Georgia to Newman Park on Wednesday; first pitch is set for 2 p.m.
