April 22, 2008

Boxscore

HICKORY, N.C.—The St. Andrews Presbyterian College Baseball Team (14-36) defeated Lenoir-Rhyne College (21-31), 4-3, Tuesday afternoon at Bears Field.

The Knights’ B.J. Horne (Hamlet, N.C.) went three-for-three and Alex Ridout (Wake Forest, N.C.) finished with two hits and two runs batted in to lead St. Andrews Presbyterian to the win.

The Knights took advantage of a Bear error in the top of the first inning which led to three unearned runs.  Ridout’s two-out, two-run single was the key hit in the frame.

However, L-R closed the gap to 3-2 with two runs in the bottom of the first on RBI singles from junior third baseman Daniel Ford (Youngstown, Ohio) and junior first baseman Zac Glass (Salisbury, N.C.).

After the Bears tied it at three in the second inning on a run-scoring hit from sophomore second baseman Hank Wofford (Clover, S.C.), the Knights took the lead for good in the fifth inning when Horne’s single scored Michael Eastwood (Grantsboro, N.C.) for the game-winner.

St. Andrews’ Caleb Johnson (Wilkesboro, N.C.) improved to 2-3 with the win while Travis Lee (Frederick, Md.) pitched 3.2 innings of scoreless relief for his fourth save of the year.

L-R sophomore Chris Henderson (Lincolnton, N.C.) fell to 4-7 on the season with the loss.

The two teams will face each other on Wednesday at 3:00 p.m., in Laurinburg, N.C.