Kannapolis, N.C. —- The 14th-ranked Catawba College baseball team held Belmont Abbey scoreless for the first six innings on Tuesday night at Atrium Health Ballpark in Kannapolis, but surrendered nine in the final two alone to suffer its first midweek loss of the season.
TEAM STATISTICS
- Belmont Abbey out-hit Catawba 14-9
- The Catawba Indians recorded four of five extra-base hits
- The Crusaders left eight runners on base; Catawba stranded nine
- BAC recorded two of three stolen bases
- Belmont Abbey's pitchers allowed four runs on nine hits and five walks, striking out seven; Catawba's staff allowed 10 runs on 14 hits and four walks, striking out 10
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- James Dunlap doubled twice, drove in a run and scored twice
- Dylan Driver was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI
- Hunter Atkins added three hits including a double with a run scored
- Braeden Major pitched six shutout innings on just four hits in the start, striking out five
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST INNING
- Dunlap doubled off the wall in the first pitch of the home half of the first
- Driver's flyball out and Sam Hunter's RBI groundout got Catawba on the board in the first
SECOND INNING
- Logan Dyer and Atkins both singled to lead off the second
- Dunlap's double to right scored Dyer to double the lead
- Driver sent a single the other way to score two more as Catawba led 4-0
SEVENTH INNING
- A BAC two-out single to right-center broke a nearly five-inning scoreless stretch from both teams, cutting Catawba's lead to three
EIGHTH INNING
- A hit-by-pitch and two singles loaded the bases for Belmont Abbey with no one out
- Catawba got a strikeout, but Belmont Abbey scored on the wild pitch to cut the deficit to 4-2
- The Crusaders tied the game on a two-RBI single through the left side
- A two-run double brought BAC's lead to 6-4
NINTH INNING
- Belmont Abbey added four more runs of insurance in the top half of the ninth
UP NEXT
- Catawba gets after it again tomorrow, hosting regionally ranked North Georgia at Newman Park for a 4 p.m. first pitch
