Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Baseball Team Sweeps Pair Of Games In Virginia Beach

In a non-conference doubleheader this afternoon the Piedmont College baseball team extended its winning streak to three games with victories over Christopher Newport University and Virginia Wesleyan College 7-5 and 15-8 in Virginia Beach, VA. The victories mark the first doubleheader sweep of the season for the Lions who improve to 13-19 overall.

In the first game PC never trailed and started the scoring in the second and third innings with single runs. The Captains were able to tie the game briefly in the fourth but PC tacked on three runs in the fifth on a two-out three-run homer from Zac Stein, the first of his career. The Lions added two insurance runs in the eighth on a Matt Devito two-run double and held the lead as Tom Dimitroff pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save of the season.

After a short break the Lions returned to action to take on Virginia Wesleyan at the Pennisula Pilots Stadium. PC's offense exploded for 15 runs on 14 hits and scored in six of the nine innings to win the seven-run victory. Evan Nissley led the offense going 4-6 with a pair of runs scored while Justin Vorherr chipped in going 3-5 with two runs scored. Andy House continued his hot hitting going 3-6 with a game-high six RBI's.

On the mound Matt Burgess and Spencer Shelton recorded the pitching victories. Dimitroff threw three innings of scoreless relief picking up a save and closing the second game. The Lions will return to action again tomorrow, April 6th as they take on Virginia Wesleyan College in Virginia Beach, VA starting at 2:00.