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Caleb Burr
13
Winner Belmont Abbey BAC 22-8
4
Emory & Henry E&H 8-20
Winner
Belmont Abbey BAC
22-8
13
Final
4
Emory & Henry E&H
8-20
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Belmont Abbey BAC 0 4 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 13 15 0
Emory & Henry E&H 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 9 1

W: Yarbrough, Ethan (4-0) L: Ivan Delp (0-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Burr Homers Twice as No. 24 Abbey Baseball Defeats Wasps

EMORY, Va. — Caleb Burr hit two home runs and Joe Whitaker added another to his total as the No. 24 Belmont Abbey baseball team defeated Emory & Henry 13-4 Tuesday afternoon at Porterfield-DeVault Field.

Burr hit his 11th and 12th home runs of the season as part of a three-hit day while Whitaker hit his team-leading 13th to help the Crusaders to their sixth straight win. Jacob Steinberg also had three hits for the Crusaders and Ethan Yarbrough earned his fourth win of the season with 1.2 innings of scoreless relief.

With Tuesday's result, Belmont Abbey is now 22-8 on the season while Emory & Henry is 8-20.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • After a scoreless first inning, Belmont Abbey got on the board with a four-run second inning starting with a two-run single from Todd Velotta.
  • That was followed by an RBI double from Jack Boyles and a sacrifice fly from Josh Wilson.
  • Emory & Henry threatened to score in the bottom of the inning but starting pitcher Carson Dahle was able to work out of a bases-loaded jam without allowing a run.
  • The Crusaders capitalized the very next inning as Whitaker and Burr hit back-to-back home runs while Boyles added an RBI single to make it 7-0.
  • The Wasps got four runs back in the fifth inning but Yarbrough retired the final two batters he faced in the inning to limit the damage.
  • The big inning for the Abbey came in the seventh as the Crusaders put up six runs in the frame.
  • Matthew Fattore drove in two runs with a double followed by a Mason Janz RBI single.
  • After two stolen bases from Janz and a walk from Whitaker, Burr capped it off with a three-run home run to center field to make it 13-4.
  • The Crusaders closed the game out as MJ Doan, Collin Williams and Jacob Larkins each pitched a scoreless inning in relief.
  • Belmont Abbey closed each of the final three innings turning double plays.

NCBWA RECOGNITION
  • During Tuesday's contest, Joe Whitaker was named the Southeast Regional Player of the Week by the National College Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).
  • Last week, Whitaker hit .526 with 10 hits, five runs scored and 12 runs batted in over a five-game stretch.
  • He will advance to NCBWA National Player of the Week consideration, which is released Thursday.

UP NEXT
  • The Crusaders return to Abbey Yard to face Mars Hill on Wednesday.
  • The contest is a rescheduled game from early February that was postponed due to inclement weather.
  • First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.
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