Baseball wins shootout

The GCSU baseball team won their tenth straight game on Wednesday, an away matchup with Albany State University. The game was a high-scoring affair as both offenses churned out runs, but the Bobcats came out on top of a 15-14 decision.

GCSU scored three runs in both the seventh and eighth innings, and added one in the ninth to push the game to extra innings at 13-13.

Junior utility player Brett George led off the tenth with a double, and after a single by sophomore designated hitter Richard Pirkle, junior first baseman Matt Pitts brought home George with a bunt. Pitts then scored the team’s fifteenth run on a single by senior outfielder Danny McCorkell.

ASU got within one in the bottom of the tenth, but junior closer Martin Dewald stopped the Rams short. Dewald went the final 2.1 innings for the win, improving to 4-1 on the season.

The Bobcats had a three-game series with Augusta State University postponed to a later date due to weather, so the ASU game was the only game action for the Bobcats this past week.

The team plays a three-game series at Georgia Southwestern State University on Friday and Saturday.

Posted by Colonnade Archives on Mar 6 2009. Filed under Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry