ANDERSON, S.C. – The Anderson baseball team wrapped up its four-game homestand with a 7-6 loss to Emmanuel in nonconference action Tuesday night at Memorial Stadium.

Anderson slipped to 14-7 with the loss, while Emmanuel improved to 11-15 on the season.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Justin Fox posted three singles in five at-bats, while also scoring a run, while JC LeGrand was 2-for-4 at the plate, with a pair of singles and an RBI. Nick Vella notched a double, a single and also drew a walk in five trips to the plate, with Brayden Owens driving in three runs on the night. Kye Andress reached base twice – on an error and a first-inning walk.

Reliever Jackson Herring (2-1) absorbed the loss after allowing two runs on two hits in the top of the ninth inning.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Trojans batted around in the bottom of the first inning and capitalized on three walks and three singles to gain an early 4-0 lead, while Emmanuel countered by trimming AU's lead to just one by scoring three runs with two outs in the top of the third.

Following a scoreless fourth inning, the Lions knotted the score at 4-4 with an unearned run in the fifth frame and each team notched solo runs in the seventh inning. With the score deadlocked at five apiece heading into the bottom of the eighth inning, Shane Thomas beat out a single to the left side of the infield and put the Trojans on top 6-5 after moving up on three consecutive wild pitches.

But the Trojans, who were playing their fourth game in three days, were unable to hold of the Lions, who pushed across the tying and winning runs with no outs in the top of the ninth and AU was retired in order in its final at-bat.

STAT OF THE GAME
The two teams combined to strand 14 runners on the night.

NOTABLES
• The Trojans and Lions have met on 26 occasions, with Emmanuel leading the all-time series, 15-11. The first-ever meeting between the two programs occurred during the 1998 campaign - the two teams did not play from 2004-2015.
• Emmanuel has won six of the last seven and nine of the last 11 meetings, with AU defeating the Lions, 2-1, last month in Franklin Springs, Ga.
• Nick Vella enters the weekend riding a 10-game hitting streak.
• Carlos Hernandez has reached base safely in 13 straight games.

UP NEXT
The Trojans are scheduled to play seven of their next eight games on the road, beginning with a three-game South Atlantic Conference series at Lenoir-Rhyne this weekend. First-pitch against the Bears is set for Friday at 6 p.m.