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Eric Opperman/CBU Sports Information
Peyton Sanderlin's complete-game victory lifted the Bucs to a 3-2 win at Montevallo in Friday's first game.
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Winner Christian Brothers CBU 3-7, 1-0 GSC
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Montevallo UM 8-4, 0-1 GSC
Winner
Christian Brothers CBU
3-7, 1-0 GSC
3
Final
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Montevallo UM
8-4, 0-1 GSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Christian Brothers CBU 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
Montevallo UM 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 0

W: Sanderlin, Peyton (2-2) L: Cas Silber (2-2)

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Christian Brothers CBU 3-8, 1-1 GSC
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Winner Montevallo UM 9-4, 1-1 GSC
Christian Brothers CBU
3-8, 1-1 GSC
0
Final
2
Montevallo UM
9-4, 1-1 GSC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Christian Brothers CBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Montevallo UM 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 5 1

W: Alex Pondick (1-0) L: Erwin, Gil (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Eric Opperman

Bucs Split in GSC-Opening Twinbill

MONTEVALLO, Alabama-The Christian Brothers University Bucs split a doubleheader at Montevallo Friday afternoon in their Gulf South Conference opener, winning 3-2 in the first game before dropping a 2-0 decision in the nightcap.

GAME 1: 
WHAT HAPPENED:
The Bucs (3-8, 1-1 GSC) built a 3-0 lead, and Peyton Sanderlin (Collierville, Tenn./Collierville HS) went the distance as the Bucs claimed a 3-2 win in the opener.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
• Jared Cramer (Olive Branch, Miss./DeSoto Central HS) put the Bucs on the board first with a leadoff homer in the top of the second inning.
• CBU tacked on two more runs in the top of the fourth. After Taylor Angley-Holman (Redding, Calif./Enterprise HS) drew a leadoff walk, Cramer followed with an RBI double to the gap in left-center. Cramer moved to third on an infield single by Parker Jordan (Southaven, Miss./Briarcrest Christian HS), and he scored on a Brandon Dodd (Arlington, Tenn./Arlington HS) sacrifice fly.
• The Falcons (9-4, 1-1) plated two runs in the bottom of the fifth on a walk and two doubles.
• Sanderlin brought it home from there for the Bucs, pitching out of a jam in the sixth then retiring nine of the 10 batters he faced from the seventh on

KEY STATS:
• Sanderlin pitched a gem, throwing a complete game as he allowed two runs on eight hits and a walk against eight strikeouts.
• Cramer went 2-for-4 with a double, a homer, two runs and two RBI. 
• Jordan was 2-for-3 with a walk.
• Angley-Holman went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.
• Jeff Goodwin (Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS) was 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
• Larry Hubbard (Collierville, Tenn./St. George's Independent HS) went 1-for-3 with a walk.

GAME 2:
WHAT HAPPENED:
Montevallo scored two runs in the first inning, and pitcher Alex Pondick threw a two-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts as they handed the Bucs a 2-0 defeat in the nightcap.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
• Montevallo scored both of their runs in the bottom of the first on a dropped third strike, a triple and a single.

KEY STATS:
• Hubbard went 1-for-3 for the Bucs.
• #T.J. Klutts# was 1-for-2.
• Gil Erwin (Covington, Tenn./Tipton-Rosemark Academy) took the loss despite allowing two runs on five hits and no walks over six innings, striking out eight.

WHAT'S NEXT:
The Bucs and Falcons meet again tomorrow at 1 p.m. for the rubber game of the three-game series.
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