The 21st-ranked Belmont Abbey baseball team avenged a 9-5 game one loss by scoring eight runs in the bottom of the seventh in game two, as senior Justin Vasquez homered twice in the inning, including a walk-off grand slam, to give the Abbey a 10-6 win over the top-ranked Mount Olive Trojans in the first two games of a Conference Carolinas baseball series featuring the top two teams in the standings. Mount Olive is now 28-4 overall and 14-2 in Conference Carolinas, while the Abbey is now 28-10 overall and 12-3 in Conference Carolinas.

In the opener, the Trojans jumped ahead 3-0 in the top of the first on a three-run homer by Jacob Rogers. The Crusaders got one back in the bottom of the inning when Chris Vazquez drew a bases loaded walk.

Mount Olive extended its lead to 4-1 in the third on a leadoff homer by Jason Simone, but the Abbey cut the deficit to one run in the bottom of the frame, as Tim Dye blasted a two run homer to dead center to close the gap to 4-3.

After the Trojans moved their cushion back to two in the fifth on a solo homer by Michael Knox, the Crusaders wasted no time tying the game at five in the bottom of the inning, getting a sacrifice fly from Vazquez and an RBI single from Dye.

The Trojans response came two innings later, surging ahead for good with two runs, and would add two more in the eighth to pull away with a 9-5 win.

Game one featured the matchup of the league's best two pitchers. Mount Olive's Carter Capps and the Abbey's Steven Thiele both entered the game with 6-0 records, but Capps picked up the win in eight innings, fanning nine while allowing five runs on seven hits. Thiele worked the first six and one-thirds innings, yielding six runs on nine hits. He struck out two and walked four.

In the seven inning nightcap, the Trojans built a 6-2 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh, but the Crusaders homered three times, as Vasquez produced five of the eight runs, all coming on a pair of homers.

Vasquez led off the inning with a solo shot to trim the deficit to 6-3. After a groundout, Kyle Buchanan singled to center, followed by an infield single from Vazquez. After a pitching change, Dye tied the game at six with a towering blast to left center. After a fly out, Josh Frazier kept the inning alive with a single to center. Caleb Shore then rolled a grounder to short, but the ball was misplayed for an error, which allowed Frazier to move to third. With Roberto Sanchez at the plate, Shore stole second. Sanchez worked the count to 2-0 before the last two pitches were intentionally wide. A pitching change followed, and Vasquez ended the game with a two out grand slam to right.

Jordan Cudney earned the win in three innings of relief. He allowed three runs on four hits in three innings. Sheldon Johnson was charged with the loss. He gave up four runs on two hits in a third of an inning.