Salisbury, N.C. —- The 11th-ranked Catawba College baseball team allowed 10 runs in the middle innings of the opening game of the series between the top two teams in the South Atlantic Conference standings on Friday night, falling at Newman Park to Carson-Newman, 10-5.
TEAM STATISTICS
- Catawba out-hit Carson-Newman 14-10
- The Catawba Indians had five of seven extra-base hits; both teams hit a homer
- Both teams committed an error
- The Eagles left four runners on base; Catawba stranded 11
- The Catawba Indians had two of three stolen bases
- Carson-Newman pitchers allowed five runs on 14 hits and four walks, striking out eight; Catawba's staff allowed nine earned runs on 10 hits and three walks, striking out six
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- James Dunlap was 2-for-5 with a double, two RBI and a run scored
- Cole Hales homered in two hits
- Hunter Atkins and Nathan Chrismon both provided three-hit games
- Seth Sharpe, Braeden Major and Joe Burleyson threw 3.2 innings of scoreless relief
HOW IT HAPPENED
SECOND INNING
- Hales sent his sixth homer of the season the other way to take the early lead
THIRD INNING
- Dunlap's double found the gap in left-center to score two runs
- Sam Hunter brought him home on a sacrifice fly as Catawba led 4-0
FOURTH INNING
- C-N got its first baserunner on the 11th at-bat in the fourth
- Cole Nathan got the Eagles on the board with a two-out RBI single up the middle
FIFTH INNING
- A walk, a hit-by-pitch and an error loaded the bases for C-N in the fifth
- Ryan Jenkins cleared them with a three-run double to right-center
- Spencer Williams drove in the go-ahead run with a single to left field
SIXTH INNING
- A single loaded the bases once again for the Eagles in the sixth
- Frankie Delgado drove home two on a single through the right side
- Trey Millers' three-run homer was C-N's 10th unanswered run to take the six-run advantage
EIGHTH INNING
- Catawba got runners on the corners with nobody out in the eighth; a double play scored the run, but thwarted the rally
UP NEXT
- Catawba looks to extend its program-record series win streak in the SAC with a doubleheader tomorrow; first pitch for game one is at 1 p.m. preceded by Senior Day festivities
