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Connor Tucker
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Belmont Abbey BAC 14-8
8
Winner North Greenville NGU 18-4
Belmont Abbey BAC
14-8
1
Final
8
North Greenville NGU
18-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Belmont Abbey BAC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3
North Greenville NGU 1 1 0 2 0 4 X 8 5 0

W: Reece Fields (4-1) L: Sniffen, Alex (5-1)

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Winner Belmont Abbey BAC 15-8, 7-4 CC
2
North Greenville NGU 18-5, 9-3 CC
Winner
Belmont Abbey BAC
15-8, 7-4 CC
4
Final
2
North Greenville NGU
18-5, 9-3 CC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Belmont Abbey BAC 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0
North Greenville NGU 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 3

W: Simonds, Brendan (3-0) L: Matthew Taubensee (2-2) S: Short, Avery (3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Tucker’s Five-Hit Day Helps Abbey Earn Split

TIGERVILLE, S.C. – Connor Tucker finished with five hits and drove in three runs as the Belmont Abbey baseball team earned a split of a doubleheader against North Greenville in Conference Carolinas play Saturday at Ray and Bea Dillard Field.
 
The Crusaders fell 8-1 in the first game and pulled out a 4-2 victory in the second game of the twin bill in the battle of the Crusaders.
 
Belmont Abbey moved to 15-8 overall and 7-4 in league play. North Greenville is now 18-5 overall and 9-3 in the conference.
 
GAME 1
  • Kale Rhame got one of his two hits in the first game with a one-out single in the top of the first inning. He added a second single in the sixth inning.
  • Ben Ferguson became the second base runner of the game when he drew a one-out walk in the fourth inning.
  • The Abbey's lone run of the first game came in the seventh inning thanks to an RBI single from Connor Tucker to score Adam Overcash.
  • Overcash got on base with a single and later reached third base on a wild pitch.
 
GAME 2
  • The Abbey got the offense clicking with three runs in the top of the second inning.
  • Zach Aehlert led the inning off with a single and added another base runner after Adam Overcash was hit by a pitch.
  • Tucker drove both runners in during the next at-bat with a double to left-center field. He later scored off a fielding error by North Greenville to give Belmont Abbey a 3-0 lead.
  • Tucker finished 4-for-4 in the second game of the doubleheader.
  • Ben Ferguson finished with a pair of doubles in the second game Saturday, including one to lead off the third inning. He scored with an RBI single from Overcash.
  • Sean Johnson's double in the fourth inning was one of four doubles in the nightcap.
  • Brendan Simonds gave Belmont Abbey a solid start on the mound, allowing just two runs on eight hits and recording five strikeouts over seven innings.
  • Avery Short earned his third save of the season by allowing just two hits over the final two scoreless innings.
 
UP NEXT
  • The Crusaders return to Abbey Yard to host Queens at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
  • The Abbey resumes Conference Carolinas play with a three-game series at home against Barton starting at 5 p.m. March 18.
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