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ANDERSON,
S.C. – No. 12 Georgia
College & State University baseball (24-10) used an eight-run
sixth inning to clobber Anderson University (15-29) 11-3 Tuesday.
The victory was the ninth-straight win for the Bobcats.
Every spot save one
in the Georgia College order had at least one hit. Senior
centerfielder Sean
Harrell (Martinez,
Ga.) continued his torrid pace,
going 2-for-4 with a double and a triple, scoring twice and driving
in one.
Catcher Richard Pirkle
(Norcross,
Ga.) went 2-for-3 with two RBI on
a pair of singles, scoring one run. Leftfielder Kyle Allen
(Conyers,
Ga.) and shortstop Brett
George (Dacula,
Ga.) each went 2-for-5, driving
in a pair, with George scoring once and Allen twice.
The Bobcats had just
taken the lead at 2-1 in the fourth on a Pirkle single, then
exploded for eight runs on six hits, including two-run doubles by
pinch hitter Steve Muoio (Rochester, N.Y.) and
Allen.
Lefty starter
Matt Kaplan
(Alpharetta,
Ga.) was the beneficiary of the
run support, improving to 4-1 with five innings, giving up one run
on three hits and fanning five. Starter Ben Roberts took the loss,
going 5 1/3 innings, tallying five earned runs on six hits.
The 11-3 win marks
the 16th double-digit scoring game of the season, and
the seventh of the last eight.
The Bobcats are back
in action Saturday, April 10 at 1 p.m., hosting a doubleheader with
No. 20 UNC Pembroke at John Kurtz Field. It will be the first of
two senior days for the Bobcats, honoring the one- and two-year
senior members of the GCSU roster.
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of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup,
sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II
level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing
the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple
appearances in post-season competition as well as documented
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