YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – Young Harris College hit three home runs as the Mountain Lions defeated Carson-Newman College 9-5 in a non-conference baseball game Wednesday (Feb. 27) afternoon at Zell B. Miller Field.
Young Harris improved to 7-5 and will host the University of Montevallo in a three-game Peach Belt Conference series this weekend. The teams will play a 1 p.m. doubleheader Saturday (March 2) before concluding with a noon contest Sunday (March 3). The Eagles fell to 9-7.
Trey Rogers led off the bottom of the first with his fourth homer of the season to right field before
Jack Morrow smacked a two-run homer to left field in the fourth to give the Mountain Lions a 3-0 lead. It was Morrow's third blast in 2013.
Young Harris broke open the game with a six-run sixth inning to take a 9-0 lead. The Mountain Lions turned one Carson-Newman error into five unearned runs.
Dom Wyshinski started the rally with a one-out homer – his first of the year - to right-center field. Rogers had a RBI single to left-center and
Zach Bricknell closed out the scoring with a two-run double to center.
Shade Jett started the Carson-Newman comeback with a two-run homer to right in the seventh while Cody Fox had a RBI double in the inning. The Eagles got their final run in the seventh on a ground out by Joe Tipton. Carson-Newman scored its final run in the ninth on a RBI single by Peter Rajkovich.
Travis Donahoo (1-0) earned the win with five scoreless innings but Dustin Dunagan (0-1) took the loss for the Eagles.
