GREENWOOD, S.C. – Lander University tied a university record for most runs in a inning as the Bearcats swept a Peach Belt Conference baseball doubleheader from Young Harris College Sunday (Feb. 24) afternoon at Dolny Stadium.
The eighth-ranked Bearcats, which won by scores of 11-4 and 15-0, improved to 12-2 overall and to 6-0 in the Peach Belt while the Mountain Lions fell to 6-5 and 0-3. Young Harris returns to action Tuesday (Feb. 26) with a 3 p.m. contest against Carson-Newman College at Zell B. Miller Field.
Lander tied its school record for runs in an inning with 12 in the top of the second of game two. The Bearcats were aided by three hit batsmen, a walk and two errors in the inning. Ian Harvey drove in five runs in the inning, belting a three-run homer and two-run double. Weston Lawing had a three-run double and Jeff May added an RBI single during the rally.
There were no more runs until the bottom of the sixth when May belted a solo homer over the left-field fence. The Bearcats upped their lead to 15-0 in the eighth on Colby Painter's two-run homer.
Logan Pemberton (4-0) tossed five shutout innings, allowing no runs on five hits while walking two and striking out eight. Miles Nagel (0-1) took the loss for the Mountain Lions.
Young Harris took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning of game one when Trey Rogers homered over the left-field fence. Lander took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the first on Painter's bases-loaded two-out, two-RBI single.
The Bearcats increased their lead to 5-1 in the second when Jacob Tisdale was hit by a pitch, Graham Ramos singled, Erik Lunde hit a two-run double, and Patrick Grady added a run-scoring single. Tisdale led off the Lander fourth with a home run to right field.
The Mountains Lions pulled within 6-2 in the top of the sixth when Adam Moore was hit by a pitch, stole second, moved to third on a ground out, and scored on David Atwood's grounder to third.
But Tisdale immediately got that run back with a leadoff homer to right center in the bottom of the sixth. Young Harris pulled within 7-4 with two runs in the top of the eighth. Jack Morrow legged out a double, Moore hit an RBI triple, and Dom Wyshinski added an RBI ground out.
The Bearcats blew the game open in the bottom of the eighth, loading the bases on two errors and a walk ahead of a grand slam over the right-center field fence by Connor Lewis.
Chess Malone (3-0) pitched eight solid innings, allowing four runs on seven hits. He struck out six and walked one.
Moore (2-1) took the game one loss for Young Harris, allowing seven runs on 11 hits in seven innings, walking one and striking out five. Rogers and Morrow had two hits apiece for Young Harris in game one.
