Box Score BURLINGTON, N.C.-Junior shortstop Brandon Overstreet (Stuart, FL, Herkimer CC) and senior centerfielder Chase Corn (Travelers Rest, SC, Blue Ridge HS) each drove in four runs to lead second-seeded Erskine College to an 11-8 triumph over fifth-seeded Limestone College on day one of the 2014 Conference Carolinas Baseball Tournament at Burlington Athletic Park Thursday afternoon.
 
The Flying Fleet (33-13 overall), who are regionally-ranked seventh in the current NCBWA Southeast Region Top-10 Poll, will next play fourth-seeded King University on Friday afternoon. The Tornado, who defeated third-seeded Pfeiffer on Thursday, will be the designated home team in that contest.
 
The Saints (21-28) will play the loser of the No. 1 Mount Olive versus No. 6 Barton contest in an elimination game on Friday beginning at 11 a.m.
 
Erskine scored in each of its five innings to construct a 10-6 advantage and junior Austin Gambrell (Belton, SC, Spartanburg Methodist College) tossed six innings of quality relief to cool off an upset-minded Saints squad.
 
Limestone held early leads of 1-0 and 2-1 after its first two at bats. Senior second baseman KJ McAllister led off the contest with a solo home run to give the Saints the initial advantage. After a sacrifice fly by Corn knotted the score in the home half of the first, LC regained the lead for a second and final time in the top of the second. Senior Cooper Gunter hit a leadoff double to left and eventually scored on a wild pitch.
 
Erskine temporarily regained the lead with four runs in the second that included a go-ahead, two-run double to center by Overstreet.
 
The Saints scored three runs in the third to tie the score for a final time at 5-5. McAllister poked his second homer of the day over the right field fence to start the comeback before senior Chad Balderman and Gunter followed with run producing hits.
 
McAllister doubled up his home run total on the year to four blasts.
 
A leadoff homer in the bottom of the third by junior designated hitter Richard Dix (Clemson, SC, Daniel HS) put the Flying Fleet back in front for good. Dix corked hits sixth dinger to right.
 
A two-run single by Corn in the fourth extended EC's cushion to 8-5.
 
Limestone was able to tack on one run in the fifth, sixth and eighth innings but the Erskine kept pace scoring twice in the fifth and once in the seventh to maintain the same three-run edge at the end.
 
Gambrell (8-1) picked up the win in relief of junior Wes Schuler, who was making only his third start of the season. Gambrell gave up three runs on five hits over his six innings.
 
The Saints finished with more hits, 11-10, including a game-high three base knocks by McAllister.
 
Corn was 2 for 2 with a sac fly, two intentional walks and four RBI. Overstreet matched Corn with four RBI on two doubles, a sac fly and a run-producing groundout.
 
Junior Andrew Kozak (Sidney, NY, Hudson Valley CC) scored three times from atop the lineup. Freshman catcher Destin Nichols (Tampa, FL, Berkley Prep) highlighted the Fleets late-innings scoring with a solo homer to left in the fifth.