Falcons Sweep Georgia Coll. and State

Wednesday, 26 March 2008

Misenheimer, NC---The Pfeifer baseball team swept a two game series from Georgia College and State to improve to 19-18 on the season.  On Tuesday afternoon the Falcons came from behind for a 12-6 win.  The Falcons completed the sweep with a 3-2 win on Wednesday afternoon. The Bobcats jumped to a 6-0 lead going into the bottom of the fourth.  Kyle McGarity scored on a Hunter Wyk double to put the Falcons on the board. McGarity singled in Bryan Braxton in the fifth to cut the Falcon defecit to 6-2. Pfeiffer sent 11 men to the plate in the bottom of the sixth as they scored five runs to take a 7-6 lead.  Jodie Groce had a two run single to highlight the inning. The Falcons scored two more runs in the seventh and three in the eighth for the 12-6 win. Jacob Moore picked up the win in relief.  Moore pitched 5 scoreless innnings giving up only three hits and striking out two.   On Wednesday the Falcons won 3-2. In the second Tyler Smith led off with a double and then scored on a Ryan Brown single to give Pfeiffer a 1-0 lead.  Both starting pitchers shut down their opponents through seven innings as Pfeiffer still held their 1-0 advantage going into the eighth inning. Three singles and a sacrifice got the Bobcats the tieing run in the eighth.  Pfeiffer came right back in the bottom of the inning with a run.  Shawn Coke singled in Jodie Groce for the 2-1 Falcon lead. Georgia came back with a two out run in the ninth to tie the game at 2.  With one out in the bottom of the ninth the Falcons loaded the bases on two walks and a fielder's choice.  An error by th Bobcat third baseman on a ball hit by Jodie Groce allowed Tyler Smith to score the game winning run. Andrew Oliver picked yp the win in relief for the Falcons.  Adam Sedberry pitched a great game for Pfeiffer while picking up a no decision.  Sedberry went 7 and 1/3 innings while allowing only one run and striking out four

Georgia College at Pfeiffer Mar 26, 2008 at Pfeiffer University Georgia College 2 Pfeiffer 3 Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Robinson 3b.............. 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 Pou rf................... 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 McCorkell rf............. 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 Groce 3b................. 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 Paris dh................. 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Braxton 1b............... 3 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 Evans lf................. 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 Davis dh................. 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johns cf................. 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 Coke cf.................. 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 Yaun 1b.................. 2 0 0 0 0 1 10 1 0 Wyke 2b.................. 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 55 1b................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 McGarity lf.............. 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Snell ss................. 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 0 Smith c.................. 3 2 2 0 1 0 6 1 0 Pirkle c................. 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 Brown ss................. 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 7 1 Martin 2b................ 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 Sedberry p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Jessup p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Oliver p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Monica p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 29 2 6 2 1 6 25 13 3 Totals................... 33 3 7 2 4 2 27 13 10 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Georgia College..... 000 000 011 - 2 6 2 Pfeiffer............ 010 000 011 - 3 7 0 ------------------------------------------- Note: 1 out, 3 runners LOB when the game ended. E - Robinson 2. DP - GCSU 1; PUBB 2. LOB - GCSU 3; PUBB 10. 2B - Pou; Smith 2. HBP - McCorkell; Braxton. SH - 55. SB - McCorkell. CS - Snell. Georgia College IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Pfeiffer IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- Jessup.............. 7.1 6 2 2 2 2 27 29 Sedberry............ 7.1 5 1 1 1 4 24 26 Monica.............. 1.0 1 1 0 2 0 6 9 Oliver.............. 1.2 1 1 1 0 2 5 6 Win - Oliver. Loss - Monica. Save - None. HBP - by Monica (Braxton); by Oliver (McCorkell). Umpires - Start: 2:00 Time: Attendance: