Box Score Due West, SC – The Flying Fleet scored nine unanswered runs to erase a 2-0 deficit and defeat the Bulldogs of Wingate University 9-2 Wednesday afternoon in non conference baseball action.
Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the fourth,
Will Huff (Sugar Hill, GA, North Gwinette HS) would lead off the inning with a double to left center field and then later score on a Wingate (8-10) error to make it a 2-1 game. In the next inning,
Logan Galliher (Taylorsville, NC, Alexander Central HS) would lead off with a walk and then later score on a single by
Josh Purvis (Valdosta, GA, Armstrong Atlantic University) to tie the game up. Huff would follow with a sacrifice fly that scored
Drew Willingham (Greenwood, SC, Greenwood HS) to give Erskine (7-6) the lead. The Fleet would blow the game open with four runs in the seventh inning, with the big blow being a three run home run by Huff.
Huff was a perfect 3-3 on the day with four runs batted in, while Purvis and
Chase Corn (Travelers Rest, SC, Blue Ridge HS) each had a hit and an RBI. Freshman
John Sever (Travelers Rest, SC, Blue Ridge HS) (1-0) picked up his first career win, allowing two unearned runs on three hits and striking out seven in five innings of work.
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