CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Newberry rebounded from a 10-4 loss to Queens Sunday in game one of the second doubleheader to shut out the Royals 11-0 and clinch their second straight conference series win.
GAME ONE
Newberry got on the board in the top of the first when Rhett Jolly reached on a fielder's choice allowing Luke Orr and Nick Butler to score and make it 2-0. The Royals would score a run in the third and one in the fourth to tie the game up. The Queens offense would blow the game open with an eight-run fifth to take a 10-2 lead and held on for the victory.
Butler, Orr, Aiden Baur, and Kevin McGrath each had singles for Newberry. Matthew Campbell (2-1) took the loss, allowing five earned runs on eight hits in four-plus innings of work.
GAME TWO
Newberry came out swinging in game two, scoring six runs in the top of the first. Colin Allman would lead off the inning with a single up the middle, and then Butler drew a walk to put runners on first and second. A double by Orr would score Allman, and Jack Harris followed with a single to left to score BUtler and make it 2-0. A sacrifice fly by Kenny Bergman scored Orr, and Baur followed with a single to right field, moving Harris to third. Zane Tarrance laid down a sacrifice bunt that the pitcher threw away, scoring Harris and putting runners at second and third. A double by Dalton Lansdowne scored both runners to finish off the scoring for the Wolves.
The Wolves would add three runs in the fourth and two in the fifth to make it 11-0 and cruise to the victory and series win.
Harris finished the game 3-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs to lead the Newberry offense. Bergmann and Lansdowne each drove in two runs as well. Jonathan Elicier (1-0) picked up the win, allowing just three hits and striking out three in a complete-game performance.