Sunday, April 15th, 2007

Baseball Team Splits With Maryville To Win Conference Series

The Piedmont College baseball team split a pair of games with visiting Great South Athletic Conference member Maryville College this afternoon dropping game one 8-7 but rebounding to win the finale 18-7. The first loss snapped a five-game winning streak for PC, the longest of the season for the Lions.

The first game was halted yesterday due to rainy weather and was resumed in the top of the eighth inning with the scored tied 7-7. After the Scots scored the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth the Lions were unable to mount a comeback and dropped the one-run decision.

In the second game Piedmont exploded for 18 runs on 18 hits en route to the 11-run victory. After Maryville scored a pair of runs in the top of the first the Lions responded with five runs in the first and tacked on six runs in the second. After MC scored another pair of runs PC added five insurance runs in the bottom of the fourth.

Offensively Evan Nissley went 2-4 with four RBI's and three runs scored. Luke Dombrowsky and Tyson Baxter added a pair of hits and three RBI's apiece while Travis Hunt chipped-in going 3-6 with three RBI's.

The split moves Piedmont to 16-20 overall and 3-3 in the Great South Athletic Conference. The Lions will return to action again on Tuesday, April 17th as they travel to non-conference opponent Sewanee-University of the South in Sewanee, TN with first-pitch slated for 2:00 CST.