Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 WILSON, N.C.- After losing the first game of the series 4-3 on Friday, Erskine rode two complete game performances Saturday to sweep a Conference Carolinas double header from Barton College and take the series from the Bulldogs.

GAME ONE: Barton 4 Erskine 3

The squads traded the first two runs of the game via the long ball with Barton first baseman Phillip Williams lacing a laser down the right field line in the bottom of the first and Erskine center fielder Chase Corn (Travelers Rest, SC, Blue Ridge HS) clobbering a deep shot into the trees beyond the right field fence in the top of the second.

Williams moved into a tie with senior Ryan Daughtry for the Bulldogs team lead in home runs with four blasts. Corn accomplished the same feat moving into a tie for the conference and Flying Fleet homer lead with seven round trippers with junior Drew Willingham (Greenwood, SC, Greenwood HS). 

Barton regained the lead in the home half of the second on three consecutive hits. George started the rally with a single up the middle and then advanced to third on a double in the left field gap by classmate Spiers Miller. Junior outfielder Tyler Barrington then plated George and Miller with his own two-bagger to left.

Erskine knotted the score for a second time in the fourth. Corn led off with a single and senior Zac McCarthy (Lyman, SC, Byrnes HS) ripped a two-run shot off the left field scoreboard to level play.

BC junior Clay Martin poked a single to right field with one out in the sixth and then moved over to second on a costly passed ball before scoring the game-winning run on George’s third base knock, a rope past the diving second baseman that rolled into center field.

McCarthy led the Fleet offense going 2-3 with a home run and two RBI’s, while Corn and Cody Spence (Belton, SC, Belton-Honea Path HS) each added two hits in the loss.  Robbie Brown (Dillon, SC, Dillion HS) (3-2) took the loss allowing four runs (three earned) in five and one-thirds innings of work.

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GAME TWO: Erskine 5, Barton 2
 
Junior Heath Gray (Greer, SC, Byrnes HS) tossed a 127-pitch complete game in only his second start of the season for the Flying Fleet. Gray (2-0) had seven strikeouts and only scattered six hits and issued two walks over nine strong.
 
An RBI-single by sophomore Will Huff (Sugar Hill, GA, North Gwinette HS) in the top of the fifth broke a 2-2 tie that plated Willingham for what proved to be the game-winning run. Erskine added a pair of insurance runs in the eighth.
 
Barton took an early lead in the bottom of the first on a single by sophomore Collins Cuthrell that knocked in junior Phillip Williams.
 
McCarthy propelled the Fleet into the lead for the first time with a two-run blast to right in the top of the second. Barton then knotted the score for the only time in the fourth as junior Clay Martin led off with a single and later scored on a freshman Spiers Miller single.
 
Erskine totaled 10 base hits including two each off the bats of Willingham, Huff and junior Phillip Herring (Dillon, SC, Dillion HS).

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GAME THREE: Erskine 6, Barton 3
 
Erskine scored in each of the first three innings and rolled to a 6-3 victory in the rubber game.
 
Three consecutive run-producing singles by Huff, junior Kevin Loucks (Simpsonville, SC, Mauldin HS) and freshman Logan Galliher (Taylorsville, NC, Alexander Central HS) in the top of the first put the visitors in front from the start.
 
A trio of consecutive base hits by the Bulldogs in the home half of the first frame cut the early deficit to 3-1. Williams started the two-out rally with a hit right back up the middle. Cuthrell followed with a base knock to center and freshman Matthew Berry drove in Williams with a shot to left.
 
The Flying Fleet added a pair of runs in the second before pulling ahead 6-1 on a leadoff solo homer by Huff in the top of the third.
 
Junior Alex Brann and freshman Michael DelSardo drove in the Bulldogs final two runs with singles but Barton left eight more runners stranded on base.
 
Junior starter Taylor Wall (Summerville, SC, Pinewood Prep HS) went the distance in the scheduled seven-inning contest allowing three runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out one. Wall (2-3) was only making his third start of the campaign.
 
The complete games by Gray and Wall marked the first two complete games by Fleet hurlers this season other than ace Robbie Brown, who tossed in Friday’s series opener.
 
Junior lefty starter Kyle Norville matched Wall with seven innings pitched but was charged with six runs (five earned) on 11 hits and two walks. After allowing all six runs in the first three innings, Norville (1-6) allowed three singles over the last four frames, all in the seventh, to keep the Bulldogs within striking distance.
 
Berry was 2-for-3 with a walk.