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ANDERSON, S.C. - After earning a hard-fought 3-2 victory on
Saturday, Anderson University baseball claimed its first series win
of the season, splitting a doubleheader with Carson-Newman, falling
in the opening game, 11-4, but notching an 8-2 win in the second
game Sunday afternoon at Anderson Memorial Stadium.
The split moves the Trojans to 3-7 for the year with an even 3-3
mark in South Atlantic Conference play, as they currently sit in
sixth-place in the league standings. The Eagles, who suffered their
first conference setback on Saturday, moved to 8-3 on the year and
4-2 in the SAC.
After posting just four runs on five hits in the opening game,
the AU bats came alive in the final game, tallying 12 hits en route
to eight runs. Headlining the Trojan attack was junior middle
infielder Brett Cash who recorded three hits for the day. After
dropping in a single in the first game, Cash pounded an RBI double
and his first home run of the year in the second game, finishing
2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored. The two-hit game was
the first time Cash has posted multi-hits for a game this
season.
Also contributing in the second game was sophomore third baseman
Garrett Bernardo, recording a perfect 3-of-3 performance with a run
scored. Seniors David Jones and Nathan Galliford each posted two
hits, while Galliford scored twice and drove in a run.
Anderson's top of the order of Kyle Bailey, Josh Hickman and
Steven Cooper each tallied a hit in both games, combining for six
singles and four RBI for the afternoon. Cooper has posted a hit in
six straight games, while Bailey and Hickman are currently on
four-game hitting streaks.
After earning his first save of the 2014 season on Saturday
evening, Preseason All-SAC Second Team honoree Landon Beck started
on the mound for the first time since his freshman year in the
second game of the day. Beck tossed the team's first complete game
of the season, going seven innings and striking out 10
Carson-Newman hitters. Despite giving up nine hits, the junior
forced C-N to ground into three double plays, keeping the Eagles
off the bases.
Carson-Newman was led by third baseman Bryan Everhart, who hit
his first home run of the season on Saturday night. Everhart went
4-for-7 for the day with a double, four RBI and two runs scored.
Left fielder Bo Ausmus posted two hits in both games, adding an RBI
and three runs scored.
The conference series win marks the first since Anderson claimed
2-of-3 against Carson-Newman a season ago to close the 2013
year.
Anderson returns to action on Tuesday when it hits the road to
Peach Belt Conference opponent GRU Augusta. First pitch is set for
3 p.m.