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3
Erskine ERSKINE 21-17
4
Winner Belmont Abbey BAC 25-13
Erskine ERSKINE
21-17
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Final
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Belmont Abbey BAC
25-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Erskine ERSKINE 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 6 0
Belmont Abbey BAC 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 7 1

W: Craddock, Jake (2-2) L: J. Hummel (0-1)

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Winner Erskine ERSKINE 22-17
7
Belmont Abbey BAC 25-14
Winner
Erskine ERSKINE
22-17
14
Final
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Belmont Abbey BAC
25-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Erskine ERSKINE 0 0 0 6 1 1 4 2 0 14 19 0
Belmont Abbey BAC 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 7 11 1

W: J. Collett (2-1) L: Simonds, Brendan (5-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Crusaders Take Series Against Erskine On Senior Day

BELMONT, N.C. – The Belmont Abbey baseball team closed out its home schedule by earning a series victory in a doubleheader against Erskine Saturday at Abbey Yard.
 
The Crusaders rallied to win Game 1 4-3 before falling 14-7 in Game 2.
 
Prior to Saturday's doubleheader, 15 seniors were honored during a pregame ceremony on Senior Day.
 
Belmont Abbey moved to 25-14 overall and 15-8 in Conference Carolinas play. Erskine is now 22-17 overall, 12-12 in the league.  
 
GAME 1
  • The Crusaders led off the bottom of the first inning with consecutive walks as part of eight drawn during Game 1.
  • After falling behind 1-0 early, Belmont Abbey pulled even in the bottom of the third inning with a sacrifice fly from Ben Gobbel to bring in Adam Overcash. Overcash led the fream off with a single.
  • Evan Campbell recorded six outs in relief for the Crusaders, including four straight starting from the top of the fifth inning.
  • The seventh-inning rally started when pinch-hitter Carter DuHaime drew a walk. Brady Emerson came in to run and scored on an RBI double from Overcash.
  • Sean Johnson scored the tying run thanks to a sacrifice fly from Ben Ferguson.
  • After Gobbel and Kale Rhame were intentionally walked, Zach Aehlert hit a walk-off single to left field to bring in Overcash as the winning run.
  • Jake Craddock earned his second win of the season on the mound.
 
GAME 2
  • The Crusaders got off to a good start in the nightcap when Gobbel drove in the first run on an RBI groundout in the bottom of the first inning.
  • Gobbel added an RBI double in the third and was followed by an RBI groundout from Rhame to make it 3-0 in favor of Belmont Abbey.
  • Overcash hit his second sacrifice fly of the day in the fourth inning to cut the deficit down to 6-4.
  • Gobbel hit his third home run of the weekend with a leadoff home run in the fifth.
  • Ben Ferguson added an RBI single in the sixth inning and the final run for the Crusaders came in the eighth when Patrick Taylor scored on a wild pitch.
 
UP NEXT
  • The Crusaders head on the road to face Wingate at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
  • It will be the second meeting of the season and it is the final game before Easter break.
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