ANDERSON, S.C. - Led by sophomore catcher Brett Scarberry's season-high three RBI, the Anderson baseball team outpaced Belmont Abbey, 5-4, in non-conference action Thursday night at Anderson Memorial Stadium.

Anderson (18-23) claimed its' second straight win while improving to 3-2 on the current 10-game homestand and avenged an earlier setback to the Crusaders. Belmont Abbey (29-12) suffered its second consecutive setback, as AU defeated the visitors for the first time since the 2008 campaign.

Scarberry led the offensive attack, finishing the evening 2-for-3 with a run-scoring double in the fifth inning and a two-run bases-loaded single in the sixth. First baseman Erick Sanderson added a pair of hits and scored a run, while junior Jonathan Romano went t 2-for-4 with two singles and scored once.

Romano provided an early boost for the Trojans, as he led off the game by beating out an infield single and scored on Sanderson's two-out double to center field.

The Crusaders took the lead with three runs in the fourth inning after back-to-back singles to open the inning put runners on first and second with no outs. Abbey senior Tim Dye then chopped one on the infield that Anderson senior hurler Ben Roberts gloved, but threw high past Sanderson at first, allowing both Belmont Abbey runners to score. Dye later crossed the plate on a groundout to third.

AU trimmed the deficit to 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth when junior right-fielder Ryan Kirkland reached on an error and scored on Scarberry's third double of the season down the right field line.

The Trojans tacked on three more runs in the sixth by sending eight batters to the plate. Sanderson, Blake May and Tony Price recorded three consecutive singles and with two outs, freshman Shawn Delmontagne drew a walk to load the bases. Scarberry followed with his two-RBI single tom left, providing the winning margin.

Belmont Abbey climbed within 5-4 with a solo run in the seventh frame, but senior Justin Rogers came on to record the final two outs of the inning.

The Crusaders threatened with one out in the ninth, but Rogers snared Justin Vasquez's line shot back up the middle and doubled Roberto Sanchez off first to close out the win.

Roberts earned his first win of the season by tossing 6 1/3 innings, while giving up four runs off eight hits. The left-hander issued three walks and struck out two. Rogers threw the final 2 2/3 innings in relief, surrendering just two hits en route to garnering his first save.

Junior Patrick Rossi suffered the loss after giving up four runs off six hits in 5 1/3 innings. Senior Joey Kopp allowed one run off two hits in the final 2 2/3 frames for the Crusaders.

Anderson gets back into South Atlantic Conference action with a three-game series versus Wingate starting on Friday. First-pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Memorial Stadium.