April 22, 2008

Saint Andrews Presbyterian Baseball Holds Off Lenoir-Rhyne, 4-3

Junior Daniel Ford ties the school record for RBI in a season with 60

Hickory, N.C. – The St. Andrews Presbyterian College Baseball Team (14-36) defeated Lenoir-Rhyne College (21-31), 4-3, Tuesday afternoon at Bears Field.

The Knights’ B.J. Horne (Hamlet, N.C.) went three-for-three and Alex Ridout (Wake Forest, N.C.) finished with two hits and two runs batted in to lead Saint Andrews Presbyterian to the win.

The Knights took advantage of a Bear error in the top of the first inning which led to three unearned runs. Ridout’s two-out, two-run single was the key hit in the frame.

However, L-R closed the gap to 3-2 with two runs in the bottom of the first on RBI singles from junior third baseman Daniel Ford (Youngstown, Ohio/Manatee CC) and junior first baseman Zac Glass (Salisbury, N.C./Salisbury HS).

After the Bears tied it at three in the second inning on a run-scoring hit from sophomore second baseman Hank Wofford (Clover, S.C./Clover HS), the Knights took the lead for good in the fifth inning when Horne’s single scored Michael Eastwood (Grantsboro, N.C.) for the game-winner.

Saint Andrews’ Caleb Johnson (Wilkesboro, N.C.) improved to 2-3 with the win while Travis Lee (Frederick, Md.) pitched 3.2 innings of scoreless relief for his fourth save of the year.

L-R sophomore Chris Henderson (Lincolnton, N.C./West Lincoln HS) fell to 4-7 on the season with the loss.

Ford tied the Lenoir-Rhyne school single-season record for RBI in a season (60), also shared by William Combs (2000) and Craig Sizemore (2001).

The two teams will face each other on Wednesday at 3 p.m., in Laurinburg, N.C.

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