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Young Harris College Athletics

Adidas
Adidas
4
Young Harris YHC 18-19
14
Winner USC Aiken USCABASE 20-15
Young Harris YHC
18-19
4
Final
14
USC Aiken USCABASE
20-15
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Young Harris YHC 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 4
USC Aiken USCABASE 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 X 14 18 1

W: Padgett (1-0) L: Moore, Adam (4-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Young Harris falls on the road to USC-Aiken

AIKEN, S.C. – The Young Harris College baseball team fell behind early and couldn’t rally as the Mountain Lions fell to Peach Belt Conference member USC-Aiken, 14-4, on Tuesday night at Roberto Hernandez Stadium.

The Pacers (20-15), who pounded out 18 hits, opened the scoring in the first inning by plating a pair of runs on four hits to grab a 2-0 lead.

Back came Young Harris (18-19) in the top of the second inning as Evan Carr, who went 2-for-3, doubled to left and advanced to third when Jack Morrow and Zeke Gribble reached on back-to-back walks. Bowen Klosinski brought Carr in on a fielder’s choice to cut the deficit to 2-1.

But USC-Aiken answered with two runs on three hits to take a 4-1 lead in the bottom half of the inning.

The Mountain Lions responded with a pair of runs in the third as Zach Bricknell, who went 2-for-5, made it a 4-2 game with a leadoff home run to right center. Tommy Ferguson reached on an error and stole second. After a walk to David Atwood, Josh Rudnik grounded into a double play as Ferguson took third. Back-to-back walks issued to Carr and Morrow loaded the bases. After a pitching change, Gribble walked to plate Ferguson to trim the gap to 4-3.

However, the Pacers got a run back in the bottom of the frame, added a run in the fourth and three in the sixth for a 9-3 advantage.

USC-Aiken put the game away with two runs in the seventh and three runs in the eighth to extend the margin to 14-3.

The Mountain Lions added a run in the ninth as Rudnik and Carr drew walks and Jack Morrow, who went 2-for-3, doubled to right center to plate Rudnik.

Adam Moore (4-3) gave up six runs (five earned) on nine hits with three walks and a pair of strikeouts in 3.1 innings in taking the loss. Brice Merritt, Oliver Pratt and Blake Fortune pitched in relief.

Taylor Peed worked 2.2 innings, surrendering three runs on two hits with four walks and three strikeouts. Jake Padgett (1-0), Joe Tart, Randy Sipp and Taylor Grover worked in relief.

Young Harris travels 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 6 to Central, S.C., to take on Southern Wesleyan. Go to http://yhcathletics.athleticsite.net/livestats/xlive.htm for Live Stats.

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