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Mike Clifton - Kombat Kamera
11
Southern Wesleyan SWU 10-33, 2-22 CC
14
Winner Erskine ERSKINE 25-19, 15-12 CC
Southern Wesleyan SWU
10-33, 2-22 CC
11
Final
14
Erskine ERSKINE
25-19, 15-12 CC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Wesleyan SWU 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 6 11 16 1
Erskine ERSKINE 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 5 X 14 17 1

W: Dix, Caleb (3-0) L: T. McEvilly (0-8) S: Vos, Daniel (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Erskine Baseball | Fleet hold on for Senior Day win over Southern Wesleyan, 14-11

DUE WEST, S.C. – The Erskine College baseball team (25-19, 15-12 CC) finished off a weekend sweep against Southern Wesleyan University (10-32, 2-21 CC) with a thrilling 14-11 win at Grier Field on Saturday afternoon.

THE ESSENTIALS 
Conf. Carolinas Standings | Stats | Scores
Div. II Scores | Record Book | CC Digital Network
 
THE SERIES
Erskine still leads the all-time series 21-4.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1: Erskine 14-11 Southern Wesleyan
After both teams went quietly in the first inning, the Fleet threw a heavy opening punch in the second inning. Joseph Quintana opened the scoring with an RBI double and was followed by run-scoring singles from Gregory Sanders and Armando Becerra before Dalton Boyd's RBI groundout capped a five-run frame for the Fleet. SWU battled back with a pair of runs in the third inning, but they were canceled out thanks to a wild pitch and an RBI single from Christian Rivera to make it a 7-2 Erskine lead after four innings. The Warriors scored again in the fifth inning and twice in the sixth as they clawed back to make it a 7-5 game. But, RBIs from Chase Crouch and Sanders in the bottom of the seventh doubled the Fleet lead. Then, Erskine ended the weekend with an explosive eighth inning to take a commanding lead. Dontae Wade got the scoring started with a two-run single and was followed by another Quintana RBI double. Another run-scoring hit from Crouch and an RBI from Sanders finished off another five-run frame for the Fleet and gave them a comfortable 14-5 lead. But, the Warriors refused to go quietly in the ninth, scoring six times in the inning and had the go-ahead run at the plate but a strikeout by Daniel Vos put SWU away for good as Erskine won the series finale, 14-11.

THE PLAYER
On his senior day, outfielder Gregory Sanders was 3-for-4 at the plate with 3 RBIs and 2 runs scored to lead the Fleet offense.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Erskine finishes the regular season with five road games, starting Wednesday with a mid-week bout at Mars Hill University (17-26, 9-11 SAC) at 2:00 p.m. Erskine walked off the Lions with a thrilling 13-12 win in Due West back in mid February.
 
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