FURMAN HOLDS OFF COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 5-4
Mt. Pleasant, S.C.--Andrew Greene collected two hits and scored what proved
to be the game-winning run, while David Mitchell pitched out of ninth inning
trouble as Furman held off the College of Charleston 5-4 in Southern Conference
college baseball action before 306 at Patriots Point Field Sunday afternoon.
With the win, the Paladins improve to 21-15 overall and 11-10 in league play.
The Cougars fell to 23-17 and 11-7.
The Paladins broke a scoreless tie with three runs in the fourth inning. Clint
Hill led off the inning with a double, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and
scored the game’s first run on Derek Norman’s single to center. After
Dominic Frankey reached on an error, Norman raced home from second on Sam McLain’s
double to right and Frankey scored on Cole Hubka’s suicide squeeze bunt
for a 3-0 lead.
A.J. Davidiuk reached on a two-out error in the seventh, stole second, moved
to third on a wild pitch and scored on Hill’s infield single to short stretching
Furman’s lead to 4-0.
Charleston got an RBI single from Brett Anderson in the seventh and a two-out
run-scoring single by Adam Tolman in the eight cutting the Paladins lead to
4-2.
Furman increased its lead to 5-2 in the ninth when with one out Andrew Greene
singled, eventually stole second, moved to third when CofC cather Matt Lauderdale’s
throw skipped into center field, then raced home on the play when Cougar center
fielder Brett Spivey’s throw to third sailed into the Furman dugout.
Charleston got an RBI single by Lauderdale and a sacrifice fly by Lee Curtis
in the ninth cutting the margin to 5-4, but Mitchell got Mark Lyons to fly out
to center with Lauderdale at first to end the game.
Jon Stallsmith (2-3) picked up the win allowing two runs on nine hits over 7
2/3 innings. Charleston’s Brett Harker (4-2) was the loser allowing three
runs, two earned, on five hits over 5 1/3 innings of work. Mitchell earned his
third save of the season for the Paladins despite surrendering two runs on two
hits with a walk in the ninth.
CofC plays host to rival Charleston Southern at 7:00 on Tuesday, while Furman
plays at UNC Asheville at 3:00 on Wednesday.