Box Score
Box score
ANDERSON, S.C. - With junior right-hander David Thompson's seven
shutout innings, Anderson University baseball added its third
straight victory with a 3-0 blanking of South Atlantic Conference
opponent Mars Hill Friday afternoon at Anderson Memorial
Stadium.
With the victory, the Trojans move to an even 4-4 record on the
season with a 2-2 mark in conference play. The 3-0 victory marks
the club's first shutout since a 10-0 triumph over the Lions on
March 24, 2012. On the opposite end, MHU dropped its fourth
straight conference game, moving to 1-6 overall and 0-4 in the
SAC.
Thompson shined on the mound for the hurler's first victory of
the season, as he tossed seven complete innings, allowed just five
hits and struck out seven Mars Hill hitters. Relievers Andrew Dill
and Michael Skelly shut the door on the Lions in the eighth and
ninth innings, as Skelly captured his second save of the year in
the ninth.
Offensively, junior second baseman Kyle Bailey recorded three of
AU's four hits on the afternoon and scored twice. The fourth hit
came from junior first baseman Steven Cooper, whose RBI single in
the third inning capped off Anderson's scoring for the afternoon
and handed the Trojans a 3-0 lead.
Prior to Cooper's single, the Black and Gold scored twice in the
first inning, as Bailey led off with a single for the AU's first
hit of the contest. After Garrett Bernardo walked, Cooper flew out
to centerfield, but moved over the two Anderson base runners. With
catcher LJ Newman at the plate, Bailey scored on a wild pitch to
give the home side a 1-0 advantage.
After the run, Newman grounded out to the shortstop and brought
Bernardo home to complete the two-run first inning. With the runs,
Anderson has scored at least two runs in its last two games, as the
Trojans scored three in the 12-3 victory over Limestone on
Thursday.
The current three-game winning streak by the Trojans marks their
longest since winning five straight last season, which was
headlined by a three-game sweep over conference rival Coker to
bring in the month of March.
Anderson looks for the series win and potentially the sweep of
the Lions on Saturday with a doubleheader from Memorial Stadium.
First pitch is slated for noon.