Box Score Pfeiffer Baseball Takes Two From Greensboro

Misenheimer, N.C. (March 19, 2022) – The Pfeiffer University baseball team won both ends of a USA South doubleheader over rival Greensboro College on Saturday afternoon at Joe Ferebee Field.

The Basics
Game 1  - Pfeiffer def. Greensboro, 10-8
Game 2  – Pfeiffer def. Greensboro, 16-4 (8 innings)

Records
Greensboro – 5-8 (0-2 USA South)
Pfeiffer – 5-5 (2-0 USA South)

Location – Misenheimer, N.C.. – Joe Ferebee Field

Game 1
With the game tied at 6-6, Pfeiffer scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and survived a ninth-inning comeback bid from The Pride to win 10-8.

Bryce Marsh (Asheboro, N.C.) put Pfeiffer ahead with an RBI double in the eighth.  Zach Ferrell followed with an RBI single of his own to make it 8-6.  An error by the Greensboro shortstop allowed the Falcons to go up 9-6.  Cory Lackey (Wilkesboro, N.C.) would hit a sacrifice fly to center field to put the Falcons up 10-6.

Greensboro would get a two-RBI double from Cam Watts in the ninth inning, but Josh Topper (Charlotte, N.C.) would close the game for Pfeiffer in improving his record 2-0 on the mound.

Game 2
Game two saw Pfeiffer plate nine runs in the first inning, with senior Austin Morton (Jacksonville, Fla.) providing three RBI in the inning.  Morton would then hit a two-run home run, his first of the season, in the third inning to give Pfeiffer the 11-1 lead.  A three-run blast over the right field fence in the fifth from Marsh would put the Falcon lead to 14-2.  A pair of Pride runs would cross in the sixth, making it 14-4, but a sacrifice fly from senior Blake Winebarger (Yadkinville, N.C.) in the sixth make it 15-4.

Lackey would then end the game in walkoff fashion via the USA South run-rule, when he singled to right field, scoring Alec Bell (Kings Mountain, N.C.) to provide the 16-4 final in eight innings.

Falcon pitcher John Owen (Richfield, N.C.) earned the win by throwing five innings, allowing just two runs on five hits.  Relief pitcher Dakota Caughey (Gastonia, N.C.) pitched well in his two innings of work by striking out three Pride batters.

Up Next
The Falcons will look for the series sweep over The Pride on Sunday afternoon March 20 at Joe Ferebee Field.  First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.