ANDERSON, S.C. - Visiting Southern Wesleyan using a seven-run seventh inning and outslugged Anderson, 15-10, in nonconference baseball action, Wednesday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.

Anderson slipped to 1-1 on the young season, while Southern Wesleyan improved to 5-0.

Despite the wind chill hovering in the upper 20s, the bats were hot for both teams, as they combined for 30 base hits on the afternoon, including four for extra bases. Each team committed three errors on the frigid afternoon, while the Warriors posted 18 of the base hits.

Junior Matthew Powell led the Trojans at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a pair of singles and was also hit by a pitch in the sixth inning. Right fielder Garrett Bernardo was 3-for-5 on the day, with a solo home run and drove in two more runs with a single and a triple, while crossing the plate twice. Senior catcher LJ Newman added a pair singles and two RBI in four at-bats, while Xavier Peralta posted a pair of singles and a walk. Senior first baseman Steven Cooper recorded a double and a single in four at-bats.

Junior left-hander Colby Tollison (0-1) absorbed the loss after surrendering six runs in 2/3 of an inning in relief.

The Warriors struck first, posting four runs in the top of the second inning, while AU countered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame. Bernardo led off the inning with his first home run of the season, while sophomore Tyler Miller plated the Trojans' second run with a sacrifice fly to right that brought home Steven McKnight.

The Trojans knotted the score at 4-4 with two more runs in the bottom of the third inning and took a brief one-run lead in the bottom of the fourth when Miller posted his second RBI of the afternoon by lifting a fly ball to center that scored Peralta.

But Southern Wesleyan answered with one run in the fifth inning, three in the sixth and seven in the seventh inning to put the game out of reach. The Trojans set the final score by posting a solo run in the eighth inning when Cooper led off with his fourth double of the season and came around to score when Newman ripped a single to left.

Anderson opens a five-game road swing with a Friday afternoon twinbill at Augusta. First-pitch versus the Jaguars is slated for noon.