Salisbury, N.C. — The 6th-ranked Catawba College baseball team scored runs in six of eight innings in which it came up to the plate to roll to a 10-3 win over UVA Wise in their series opener in South Atlantic Conference play at Newman Park on Friday night.

TEAM STATISTICS

- Catawba out-hit UVA Wise 14-8

- The Catawba Indians hit two of three homers and seven of 11 extra-base hits

- The Cavaliers committed all three errors in the game

- Catawba recorded four stolen bases in the contest

- The Catawba Indian pitchers allowed three runs on eight hits with zero walks, striking out eight; UVA Wise's staff allowed nine earned runs on 10 hits and seven walks, striking out two

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Matthew Connolly hit his team-leading seventh homer of the season with two RBI and two runs scored

- Jake Dunlap picked up a pair of hits, including a double with two RBI and a run scored

- Logan Dyer doubled in two hits and scored twice; Hunter Atkins doubled and homered

- Nathan Chrismon tallied three hits

- Colt Wilkins went eight innings strong to earn the win, allowing two runs on seven hits with no walks and eight punch outs

HOW IT HAPPENED

SECOND INNING

- Hunter Atkins hit a double off the center field wall to lead off the second inning

- Dunlap singled up the middle to score the game's first run

- A single and a wild pitch moved Dunlap up to third

- Ty Hubbard's sacrifice fly put Catawba ahead 2-0

THIRD INNING

- Dyer led off the third with a single and moved up to third on Crabtree's double to right field

- Dyer would score on a throwing error on the play 

- Dunlap's two-out RBI double drew Catawba's lead to 4-0

FOURTH INNING

- Two two-out walks and an infield single loaded the bases for Catawba in the fourth

- Dyer scored on a wild pitch to push the lead to 5-0

FIFTH INNING

- Hubbard drove a double to the opposite field to score a run in a fourth straight inning for the Catawba Indians

- A two-out throwing error made it 7-0 Catawba after five

SIXTH INNING

- The Cavs strung together three consecutive hits to scratch across two runs on Wilkins in the sixth

- Sam Hunter tripled to right center to lead off the sixth

- Connolly's two-run homer to left field returned Catawba's lead to seven runs

EIGHTH INNING

- Atkins lifted a solo homer to lead off the eighth to left field, making it 10-2, Catawba

UP NEXT

- Catawba and UVA Wise return to Newman Park on Saturday for a doubleheader to close out the series; game one is set for a 1 p.m. start