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ANDERSON, S.C. - Managing just a combined five runs for the
doubleheader, Anderson University baseball suffered a pair of
setbacks to league-leading Catawba in the final two games of a
South Atlantic Conference series, falling 9-1 and 13-4, Saturday
afternoon at Anderson Memorial Stadium.
After dropping all three contests to the Indians this weekend,
the Trojans fall to 14-13 on the season with an even 9-9 record in
the conference, while Catawba improves its winning streak to 12
straight games and moves to 23-4 on the season with a 14-3 record
in the SAC.
Offensively, the junior tandem of first baseman Steven Cooper
and outfielder Garrett Bernardo tallied three hits apiece for the
day, including a pair of two-hit performances. In the opening game,
Bernardo finished 2-for-3 with AU's only run scored, as he smacked
the Trojans' only extra-base hit of the game with an eighth-inning
double. Cooper finished 2-for-4 in the second game and scored his
20th run of the season.
Bernardo was joined by freshman third baseman Tyler Miller with
a pair of hits in the opener, as the Trojans managed just six hits
in the 9-1 setback. In the final contest of the day, Cooper and
outfielder Stephen McKnight posted two-hit games, as McKnight
headlined his afternoon at the plate with a two-run double in the
third inning.
Senior shortstop Brett Cash added a hit in both meetings, as he
increases his hitting streak to eight straight games. The senior
also scored one of Anderson's four runs in the second game of the
afternoon.
The middle of the Catawba lineup shined throughout the
three-game series, as Will Albertson finished the weekend 9-for-12
with two home runs, nine RBI and eight runs scored. Teammate T.J.
Wharton, who batted clean-up following Albertson, followed by
finishing the series with an 8-for-16 performance with eight RBI
and four runs scored.
As a team, Catawba recorded 47 hits and scored 42 runs in the
three games, as the visitors managed 17 extra-base hits for the
series.
Anderson looks to get back on the winning track on Tuesday when
it hits the road to Newberry for a rare nonconference contest with
the Wolves. First pitch from the Smith Road Complex is slated for 6
p.m.
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