The Belmont Abbey baseball team fell to visiting St. Andrews 7-4 this afternoon in the final game of a three-game Conference Carolinas baseball series. St. Andrews avoided the three-game sweep as it improves to 13-26 overall and 6-15 in Conference Carolinas, while the Crusaders fall to 26-14 overall and 13-5 in Conference Carolinas.

Travis Lee earned the win after piecing together a 148 pitch complete game, as he allowed four runs on eight hits while walking five. He did not record a strikeout. Tyler Powell took the loss after giving up seven runs, five earned, on 11 hits in five and two-thirds innings. He fanned two and did not issue a walk.

The Crusaders jumped ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the first as Will Breslin doubled home Tyler McKenzie, who drew a one out walk. The Knights tied it right back up in the top of the second on a single to right by Vincent Giunta, scoring Eric Stone.

The score remained tied at one until the Knights plated a pair in the top of the fourth to claim a 3-1 lead, but the Abbey answered with three in the fifth, using an RBI single by Breslin, an RBI fielder's choice by Seth Waller and a double to right field by Carlos Vasquez to give the Crusaders a 4-3 lead.

St. Andrews answered right back with four in the sixth inning, all coming with two outs. The Knights took advantage of two Abbey errors in the frame as Giunta ripped a two-RBI single to center, and an RBI double by Jeremy Fisher, and later getting the final run on a passed ball for a 7-4 lead, which was the final score.

The Knights finished with 13 hits as Giunta finished 4-4 with four runs batted in. The Crusaders had eight hits as Breslin, Vasquez, and Derek Swilley all led the way with two hits apiece.