Greenville, Tenn. - For the second day in a row, Newberry split their South Atlantic Conference doubleheader with seventh-ranked Tusculum Monday. The Wolves won game one 10-6, and the Pioneers took the second game 11-2.
Game One
The Pioneers raced out to an early lead with three runs in the bottom of the first inning. Newberry would begin to chip away at the deficit in the top of the second. Aidan Baur led off with a single through the infield's left side, and Kenny Bergmann singled to shortstop to put runners at first and second. A sacrifice bunt by Ian Clements would move both runners into scoring position. Zane Tarrance would reach on an error by the shortstop to score Baur and make it a 3-1 game.
In the top of the third, Luke Orr hit a two-out single and then scored on a double to left-center field by Jack Harris to cut the deficit to one. Tusculum responded with two runs in the bottom half of the inning to make it 5-2. In the top of the fifth, Nick Butler was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, and Orr drew a four-pitch walk. Harris would drill his second double of the game to score Butler. A groundout by Baur would score Orr and make it a 5-4 game. Tarrence then hit a two-run double to put the Wolves up for the first time. A two-run single by Dalton Lansdowne would finish the Newberry scoring and give Newberry a three-run lead. Newberry would add a single run in the sixth and seventh inning to take the victory.
Harris led the Wolves offense going 3-5 with two doubles and two RBIs, while Tarrance was 2-3 with a double, two runs scored, and three RBIs. Orr finished 2-3 with three runs scored. Matthew Campbell (3-1) picked up the win allowing five runs on five hits and striking out four in five innings of work.
Game Two
Newberry would strike first in game two when Jacob LeBron scored on an infield single by Nick Butler in the top of the third. Tusculum responded with four runs in the bottom half of the inning to take the lead. The Pioneers added two more runs in the fifth to make it 6-1. The Wolves cut the deficit to four when Dalton Lansdowne reached on a fielder's choice to score Zane Tarrance, but Tusculum would bust the game open with four runs in the seventh and one in the eighth to take the victory.
Butler, Tarrance, Luke Orr, Aidan Baur, and Gabriel Santiago each had a hit for Newberry. Rylan Brown (0-1) took the loss allowing four runs on two hits in three innings of work.