Salisbury, N.C. —- The 19th-ranked Catawba College baseball team scored four times in the bottom of the eighth to overcome a late one-run deficit to take down 8th-ranked Mount Olive in a key Southeast region mid-week battle at Newman Park on Tuesday.
TEAM STATISTICS
- Catawba out-hit Mount Olive 10-5
- The Catawba Indians recorded three of five extra-base hits
- Catawba committed the lone error in the contest
- The Trojans left eight runners on base; the Catawba Indians stranded 11
- Catawba had all three stolen bases in the game
- The Catawba Indian pitchers allowed two runs on five hits and three walks, striking out nine; UMO's staff allowed five runs on 10 hits and three walks, striking out nine
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Trace Aufderhar III earned the win in relief, striking out two in a scoreless frame; Hayden Simmerson recorded his league-leading seventh save of the season
- Carson Edmiston struck out three in two hitless frames in the start
- Sam Hunter was 2-for-5 with a homer
- Hunter Atkins went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored
- Dylan Driver and Ty Hubbard recorded RBI doubles
HOW IT HAPPENED
FOURTH INNING
- Mount Olive doubled to lead off the fourth
- A two-out RBI single scored the game's first run
FIFTH INNING
- Four consecutive Trojans reached with two outs in the fifth to plate across another run on a bases-loaded walk
SIXTH INNING
- Hunter got Catawba on the board in the sixth on his one-out solo homer to right
EIGHTH INNING
- Cole Hales led off the rally inning with a single up the middle
- Cameron Burleyson's single through the right side put runners on the corners with one out
- Atkins drove in the tying run on a single to left-center
- Hubbard drove in the go-ahead run on a double to left-center
- Driver provided two runs of insurance on a bases-loaded double
GAME NOTES
- Catawba sweeps season series with Mount Olive
- The Catawba Indians are a perfect 5-0 in mid-week games this season
- Catawba is 15-4 against teams above .500 this season; is 4-0 against Conference Carolinas opponents
- Catawba's 28th straight full season with 20-plus wins – each season under Jim Gantt
- Hunter's second homer of the season
UP NEXT
- Catawba returns to South Atlantic Conference play this weekend, hosting Newberry for a three-game set, starting with game one on Friday at 6 p.m.
