ROME, Ga.- Shorter starting pitcher Ryan Pitcher threw 8.2 innings and allowed just five hits in a 4-1 win over the Christian Brothers University baseball team, on Saturday afternoon, at Ledbetter Baseball Complex.
FINAL: Shorter 4 (19-8, 16-8 GSC) CBU 1 (2-22, 2-21 GSC)
GAME CHANGER:
- Ryan Parker threw 8.2 innings, allowing one run on five hits, while striking out seven.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- Shorter finished the game with a 10-5 advantage in hits.
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Ben Brocato led the Bucs going 2-for-4 with two singles.
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Keagan Voss,
Payne Smith, and
Antonio Fernandez each had a hit in the contest.
- Hawks starter, Ryan Parker, pitched 8.2 innings, while striking out seven.
- Bucs starter,
Jonathan Baldelli, went 5.0 innings, allowing four runs on seven hits.
KEY PLAYS:
- The Hawks got on the board first with a two-out homer, by Jacob Pajer, to lead 2-0 after three.
- Jakob Woods added to the Hawks lead with a sac-fly in the fourth.
- In the fifth, the Hawks took advantage of a stolen base by Matt Christian, and followed it with an RBI double by Bailey Gerstner to extend the lead to 4-0.
- CBU got on the board in the ninth, as it took advantage of Shorter's fourth error of the game to cut the lead to 4-1.
- With the tying run at the plate, Shorter relief pitcher Kevin Ludden, recorded the final out of the game.
UP NEXT:
The Bucs are scheduled to return to action on Wednesday, April 7, when they return home to take on non-conference foe Lane College. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
