ORANGEBURG, S.C. | The Young Harris College baseball team swept a Peach Belt Conference doubleheader from Claflin University Saturday (April 9) afternoon at historic Mirmow Field.
The Mountain Lions took the first game 17-2 in seven innings, before claiming a 23-3 decision in the nightcap.
YHC improved to 24-12 overall and to 10-7 in the Peach Belt, while the Panthers fell to 2-19 and 0-17. The teams play the final game of the series at 2 p.m. Sunday.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:
Game 1
- The Mountain Lions scored in every inning but the second and sixth innings.
- YHC broke the game open with a nine-run fifth inning.
- Marco Colina had three hits and drove in three runs to lead Young Harris.
- Logan Worley, Noah Fitzgerald and Mark Castle each collected two hits.
- Rome Wallace also drove in three runs, while Worley, Jackson Jones and Steven Spell had two each.
- Worley, Wallace and Colina each recorded a double in the win.
- Mason Herbert (2-2) earned the win as he scattered six hits and struck out five.
Game 2
- Young Harris sent 19 batters to the plate in the first inning, scoring 13 runs on just four hits.
- Every starter in the Mountain Lion lineup had at least one hit.
- Jackson Jones hit a three-run homer and Rome Wallace followed with a long ball of his own to highlight a six-run second inning. It was Jones' team leading ninth homer of the season, while it was the sixth for Wallace.
- Aaron Copeland added a three-run pinch-hit homer in the fifth inning to close out the scoring.
- Colina led the Mountain Lions with three hits, while Ethan Underwood, Fitzgerald, Jones, and Castle had two hits each.
- Jones drove in four runs, while Copeland, Castle and Kyle Ayers had three each. Colina and Wallace tallied two RBI apiece.
- Nate Lamb (4-3) struck out nine over six innings for the win.
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