HARDEEVILLE, S.C. | Georgia College & State University converted four University of South Carolina-Beaufort errors into 10 unearned runs as the Bobcats took the Peach Belt Conference baseball series finale with the Sand Sharks 13-3 in seven innings Sunday (March 10) afternoon at the Richard Gray Sports Complex.
The Bobcats, who won two run-rule games this weekend, improved to 12-10 overall and to 4-2 in the Peach Belt, while the Sand Sharks fell to 7-13 and 2-4. GCSU closes out the road trip with a 4 p.m. contest Tuesday (March 12) in Newberry, South Carolina, against Newberry College.
GCSU jumped out to a 7-0 lead through its first three innings as the Bobcats scored three runs in the first and two runs in each of the second and third innings.
Mitch Cowan drove in a run with a ground out in the first, while
Mason Poole added a RBI single to left in the first inning.
Matthew Mebane stroked a two-run single to center in the second, while the Bobcats scored twice on an error in the third.
The Bobcats ended the game early with a six-run seventh, highlighted by a three-run homer from
Brandon Bellflower. It was Bellflower's third long ball of 2024.
Hank Noonan added a run-scoring single to left in the frame.
Jacob Ryan (3-1) earned the win, scattering nine hits and a run over six innings while striking out four.
The Bobcats totaled 11 hits with Bellflower leading the way with three. Mebane, Poole and
Cam McNearney each collected two apiece.
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