The Belmont Abbey baseball game fell at Newberry 4-1 this evening in the penultimate game of the year for both teams. Newberry moves to 17-30 on the season, while Belmont Abbey is now 18-26. The two teams will meet again tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Belmont, N.C., to close out the season.

Newberry pitcher Chris Roman was dominant on the mound throughout the game, striking out 13 batters in seven and two-thirds innings.

Newberry opened the scoring in the third inning when Jovan Rohena hit a one-out double down the left-field line. Chris Love plated him with a single through the left side.

The scarlet and gray extended the lead to 2-1 in the fourth inning. Michael Morin singled to second on a groundout and stole third before Terrence Gray brought him home with an RBI single to right. Belmont Abbey's Justin Baxley (Marianna, Fla.) made it a 2-1 game with a leadoff home run in the sixth.

Newberry clung to the 2-1 until the bottom of the eighth, when Jose Rosa and Morin each hit bases loaded RBI singles to provide insurance. BAC would load the bases in the ninth, but Zach Tutak got the final out to earn his third save of the year.

Roman moved to 4-7 on the year with the win, while Belmont Abbey's Tyler Powell fell to 4-7 with a complete game loss. Morin went 3-for-4, while Love, Rosa and Scott Horvath each earned two hits in the win.