April 12, 2008

Carson-Newman Baseball Sweeps Lenoir-Rhyne, 9-2 And 7-2

Bears drop to 21-27 on the season and 10-10 in league play

Jefferson City, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman College Baseball Team (35-14, 13-6) swept Lenoir-Rhyne College (21-27, 10-10), 9-2 and 7-2, in a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon at the Silver Diamond Baseball Complex in Jefferson City, Tenn.

Game One – Carson-Newman 9, Lenoir-Rhyne 2
Carson-Newman's Brett Hontz (Newton Square, Pa.) improved to 9-1 on the season after pitching his fifth complete game of the year. Hontz allowed just two runs on six hits while striking out eight batters in leading the Eagles to the win.

Carson-Newman opened the scoring with three runs in the bottom of the third inning with the help of two Lenoir-Rhyne errors.

The Eagles then put the game away with two runs in each of the fourth, fifth and six innings.

Carson-Newman was led offensively by Cory McGinnis (Morristown, Tenn.), who finished three-for-four with three runs scored, two doubles and one run batted in.

For Lenoir-Rhyne, freshman shortstop Hunter Glass (Matthews, N.C./David W. Butler HS) hit a solo home run in the eighth inning while junior first baseman Zachary Glass (Salisbury, N.C./Salisbury HS) added an RBI double in the ninth frame.

L-R sophomore Chris Henderson (Lincolnton, N.C./West Lincoln HS) fell to 4-5 with the loss.

Box Score

Game Two – Carson-Newman 7, Lenoir-Rhyne 2
The Eagles took control in the second contest with a five-run second inning to lead 6-0 en route to the win.

Jason Gray (Rutledge, Tenn.) highlighted the second frame with a bases-clearing triple.

The Bears cut the margin to 6-2 in the top of the sixth inning that included an RBI double by sophomore outfielder Evan Taylor (Charlotte, N.C./Independence HS) but the Eagles responded in their half of the sixth on a run-scoring double by McGinnis.

Gray finished three-for-three with three RBI and Wesley Dozier (Cornelius, N.C.) added two runs batted in to pace Carson-Newman offensively while the Eagles' Corbin Arial (Elgin, S.C.) improved to 3-3 on the year with the victory.

L-R sophomore Adam Hart (Jacksonville, N.C./White Oak HS) was tagged with the loss and fell to 0-4 on the season.

Box Score

The two teams wrap up the weekend series Sunday at 1:00 p.m.