GAFFNEY, S.C. -- The Anderson baseball team claimed two wins at
last week's Conference Carolinas Tournament, then defeated Southern
Wesleyan, 12-8, on the road Tuesday night, but dropped its final
regular-season contest, 12-7, to Limestone Wednesday afternoon at
Bob Prevatte Field. Anderson (20-35) hammered three home runs for
the fourth time this season, but came up just short against the
Saints (13-34), who recorded five home run balls on the day, the
first coming in the bottom of the first inning as Drew Lydon
delivered a two-run homer to put the Saints up 2-0 after one
inning. The Saints would add two runs in the second inning to take
a 4-0 lead. Shortstop Thomas Padro came up with a two-out single in
the third and scored AU's first run on Blake May's double, but
Limestone responded in the bottom of the fourth,, scoring four more
runs, the big hit coming in the form of a three-run home run from
Josh Troutman. Catcher Brett Scarberry led off the seventh inning
with the first homer to get the Trojans their second run and
trailing, 11-2, AU rallied for five runs in the top of the eighth
inning. Ryan Saxon led off with his 23rd double of the 2010
campaign, setting a new school single-season record. He crossed the
plate when Jonathan Romano connected for his fourth home run of the
season with two outs. Catcher Brett Scarberry and Corey Frye
followed with consecutive base hits and scored on senior Derek
Hipp's fifth round-tripper of the year. The Saints would use the
long ball again in the bottom of the seventh as Joe Maloney
delivered a two-run home run and Troutman would add his second solo
home run of the day, pushing the Saints' lead to 11-2 after seven
innings of play. Hipp finished the afternoon 3-for-5 with two RBI,
as Scarberry added two hits, including the home run. Bryson Graydon
suffered the loss, allowing six earned runs in 3 2/3 innings of
work. Limestone College 12, Anderson University 7 (Apr 21, 2010 at
Gaffney,SC)
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Anderson University. 001 000 150 - 7 12 3 (19-35) Limestone
College... 220 400 31X - 12 16 1 (13-34)
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Pitchers: Anderson University - Bryson Graydon; Jacob Long(4); TJ
Estes(7). Limestone College - Ward, Cameron; Hardin, George(7);
McAbee, Michael(9). Win-Ward, Cameron Loss-Bryson Graydon T- A-0 HR
AUBB10 - Derek Hipp; Jonathanm Romano; Brett Scarberry. HR LC2010 -
Lydon, Drew; Maloney, Joe; Troutman, Josh 2. Box Score Season
Statistics