Baseball splits with Belmont-Abbey

Saturday, 31 March 2007

Misenheimer, NC---Pfeiffer and Belmont-Abbey split a CVAC baseball double-header Saturday afternoon.  Abbey took the first game 8-1 but the Falcons bounced back and won the second 7-3.  Pfeiffer improves to 20-19 overall and 10-7 in the conference.  Abbey is now 26-14 and 14-6. GAME ONE Pfeiffer tied the game in the bottom of the first when Bryan Braxton singled home Ryan Harju to tie the game at one. Abbey scored two in the second to retake the lead at 3-1. Abbey added another run in the fourth. Pfeiffer got two runners on in the fifth but could not capitalize and still trailed 4-1. Abbey added four more to win 8-1. Andrew Oliver took the loss for Pfeiffer and Andy Helms got the win for Belmont.   GAME TWO Seth Waller hit a home run in the second to give Abbey a 1-0 lead. The Falcon bats awoke in the fifth.  A hit by pitch and error gave Pfeiffer two baserunners.  Ryan Brown drove in the first Falcon run with a Sac Fly.  Daniel Brown doubled in two to give the Falcons a 3-1 lead.  Bryan Braxton followed with a RBI double to make the score 4-1. Abbey came back with two in the sixth on a two run home run by Alex Udwari to cut the Falcon lead to 4-3. Pfeiffer came right back in the bottom of the sixth.  After two outs Justin Ridenhour hit a solo home run to build the lead to 5-3.   Ryan Harju doubled in two to extend Pfeiffer's lead to 7-3. Jonathan McDaniel struck out the side in the seventh to seal his complete game win. Pfeiffer will play Belmont-Abbey in a single game Sunday at 1:00 pm. Â

Belmont Abbey at Pfeiffer Baseball (Game 2) Mar 31, 2007 at Misenheimer, NC Belmont Abbey 3 Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Patrick Atwell cf........ 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 Tyler McKenzie lf........ 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Alex Udwari rf........... 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 Will Breslin 1b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 Seth Waller dh........... 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 Alex Castellanos 2b...... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Josh Haire ss............ 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 Nick Popp 3b............. 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 Josh Cable c............. 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 Brett Dipasquale p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Trey Summerlin p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals................... 26 3 6 3 0 7 18 8 3 Pfeiffer Baseball 7 Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ R.Harju rf............... 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 D.Brown cf............... 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 B.Braxton 1b............. 3 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 H.Hinson 3b.............. 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 Z.Pou lf................. 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 K.Pugh dh................ 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J.Ridenhour ss........... 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 E.Turner c............... 2 2 2 0 0 0 7 1 0 R.Brown 2b............... 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 J.McDaniel p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 25 7 9 7 0 4 21 5 4 Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- Belmont Abbey....... 010 002 0 - 3 6 2 Pfeiffer Baseball... 000 043 X - 7 9 1 ----------------------------------------- E - DiPasquale; Summerlin; H.Hinson. DP - PUBase2007 1. LOB - Abbey 3; PUBase2007 4. 2B - R.Harju; D.Brown; B.Braxton. HR - Udwari; Waller; J.Ridenhour. HBP - McKenzie; K.Pugh. SH - J.Ridenhour; E.Turner. SF - R.Brown. CS - Atwell. Belmont Abbey IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Brett Dipasquale.... 5.2 9 7 4 0 4 24 28 - Trey Summerlin...... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - Pfeiffer Baseball IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- J.McDaniel.......... 7.0 6 3 3 0 7 26 27 - Win - None. Loss - None. Save - None. HBP - by DiPasquale (K.Pugh); by J.McDaniel (McKenzie). Inherited runners/scored: Summerlin 1/0. Pitches/strikes: None. Umpires - Start: Time: Attendance: