NEWBERRY, S.C. - Newberry and Carson-Newman split a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader Wednesday afternoon. The Eagles won game one 2-0, and the Wolves took game two 9-7.
GAME ONE
The Wolves had several opportunities to get on the board, loading the bases in the first and third innings. However, they could not get the big two-out hit. Carson-Newman would break the scoreless tie with a single run in the fourth. They would add an insurance run in the sixth and hold off the Wolves for the game one win.
Zachary Bailes led the Newberry offense going 3-3 at the plate with a walk. Dalton Lansdowne was 2-3 with a double. Jonathan White (1-1) took the loss allowing one run on three hits in four innings of relief.
GAME TWO
After being held scoreless in the first game, Newberry wasted no time getting on the board in game two. The Wolves would take advantage of four straight walks to lead off the bottom of the first to get their first run. Nick Butler reached on a fielder's choice to score Luke Orr and make it 2-0. After Jack Harris scored on a passed ball, Butler would score on a sacrifice fly by Kenny Bergmann to make it a 4-0 game.
The Eagles chipped away at the Newberry lead, scoring a run in the second and a run in the fourth to make the score 4-2. In the bottom of the sixth, Baur and Butler would single to lead off the inning. Colin Allman then reached on an error when he laid down a sacrifice bunt. Bergmann would again lift a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Baur and making it a three-run lead for the Wolves.
In the top of the seventh, Carson-Newman took advantage of two Newberry errors to score five runs and take their first lead of the game 7-5. The lead was short-lived as the Wolves answered with three runs in the bottom half of the inning to regain the lead 8-7. A pitch hit Zachary Bailes to lead off the inning, and Orr singled to move Bailes to second. After two flyouts, Butler singled to center to score Bailes, and Allman singled to right field to score Orr to tie the game at seven. Allman then stole second, and the throw would get away, allowing Butler to score and give the Wolves the lead. Newberry added an insurance run in the eighth when Gabriel Santiago doubled to lead off the inning and later scored on Orr's sacrifice fly.
Butler led the Wolves offense going 2-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs, while Baur and Orr each had a hit and drove in a run. Bryce Peterson (3-0) picked up the win allowing just one hit and striking out one in two and one-third innings pitched.
