March 26, 2006

Boxscore

LAURINBURG, NC—Eight different Knights connected for a hit with seven of them driving in at least one run in route to a 13-4 Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference victory for host St. Andrews Presbyterian College over Anderson University on Sunday at Clark Field.

The Knights improved to 15-18 overall and 6-12 in the CVAC while the Trojans fell to 15-23 and 7-6.

Junior Cliff Allred (Franklinville, NC) gave St. Andrews a quick 2-0 lead in the first with his fifth home run in five games. Allred’s two-run rainmaker to leftfield was his eighth of the season. Senior Greg Wrape (Hamlet, NC) made it back-to-back homers with his fourth of the year, a solo shot to center.

After junior Tony Graham belted a one-out single in the third and advanced to third on a two-base throwing error during a pickoff attempt, junior Jessie Whiteside (Beaufort, SC) drove in Graham for an unearned run on a groundball to short.

Wrape took advantage of a two-out walk of Allred in the bottom of the third by ripping a double to left-center that plated Allred from first that provided SAPC with a 4-1 advantage.

The Knights exploded for six runs in the fourth on five hits and three walks. Sophomore Michael Eastwood had an RBI-double off the centerfield fence; freshmen Matt Harkness (Walnut Cove, NC) and Jason Cargile (Greenville, NC) had run-producing singles; Wrape took a bases loaded walk; and sophomore B.J. Horne (Hamlet, NC) ripped a two-run single to right-center.

Junior Adam Stemple (Holly Springs, GA) collected his first three collegiate hits with a pair of singles and an RBI-double down the right field line.

Wrape, who was just missing the difficult triple for the cycle, finished 3-for-3 with four RBI and two runs. Cargile added three hits while Allred drove in a trio and scored three times.

Senior starter Anthony Mehling (Pottsville, PA) scattered three runs (two earned) on eight hits over six-plus innings for the victory. Mehling (3-3), who fanned the first four Trojan batters, finished with seven strikeouts.

Anderson had no-out, bases loaded opportunities in the seventh and ninth but the Knights induced double plays each time to only allow one run to score in both instances.

Senior Will Cheatham (Lexington, SC) was ripped for seven runs on eight hits in 3 2/3 innings. Cheatham (1-2) and the other five Trojan hurlers combined for 10 strikeouts.

Sophomore designated hitter Don Ballard (Colorado Springs, CO) led the Trojans offense with three hits.

St. Andrews turns around and hosts St. Augustine’s College on Monday in a non-conference doubleheader at 1:00 p.m. Anderson entertains CVAC rival Limestone College in a non-conference meeting on Monday evening at 6:00 p.m.

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