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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.
– Rightfielder Shawn
Ward's (Martinez, Ga.) only hit of the contest
was an RBI single in the 11th giving the No. 12 Georgia College
& State University baseball team (26-11, 14-4 PBC) an 8-7 win
over No. 20 UNC Pembroke (27-11, 12-9 PBC) Sunday at John Kurtz
Field.
After giving up
three runs in the top of the first, senior righty Martin
Dewald (Mannheim, Germany) settled down and struck out
10 of the next 11 batters he faced throwing seven innings.
Eight different
batters finished with an RBI for Georgia College and leftfielder
Kyle Allen (Conyers, Ga.) had a team-best
three hits and three runs scored, one of them being the tying run
and another being the game-winner.
The Bobcats put up
two runs in the third, fourth and fifth inning. In the third, Allen
and fellow classmate Sean
Harrell (Martinez,
Ga.) hit back-to-back home
runs.
Second baseman
Jason Veyna
(Lamar,
Colo.) was able to knock in
catcher Richard Pirkle
(Norcross,
Ga.) and then Veyna scored after
shortstop ChandlerSnell
(Loganville,
Ga.) singled up the middle in the
fourth inning.
In the fifth inning,
Pirkle doubled to left center to score designated hitter Steve
Muoio (Rochester,
N.Y.). Senior first baseman
Matt Pitts
(Brunswick,
Ga.) also scored on a safety
squeeze bunt by third baseman Brett
George (Dacula,
Ga.).
Georgia College was
down 7-6 going into the ninth, but managed to get the tying run
when Pitts came through with a two-out laser-beam single to score
Allen.
Allen started the
11th inning with a single and then advanced to second on
a sacrifice bunt by Harrell. Muoio sent Allen to third when he
grounded out to second. With two outs and the game-winning run on
the third, Ward stepped into the batter's box without a hit
on the day. Ward chopped a single through the left side to score
Allen and give the 'Cats the 8-7 victory.
Lawrenceville, Ga.
native Ryan Tabor pitched four innings of
relief to get the win (2-4). The senior righty allowed two runs and
struck out three.
Tom Porricelli, Josh
Haley and Derek Funk all had two hits for UNC Pembroke. Poricelli
led his team with three RBI.
Georgia College
travels to No. 13 Valdosta State University Wednesday, April 14 to
take on the Blazers at 4 p.m.
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