Canes Edged by Catawba Valley
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Catawba Valley Community College | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 2 |
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Louisburg College | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
The visiting Buccaneers delivered four runs in the top of the eighth frame and then held off the Hurricanes to register a 9-8, nine-inning triumph at historic Frazier Field on the LC campus.
Louisburg got off to a slow start as a trio of fielding mistakes, along with some clean hits from Catawba Valley, put LC behind by a 4-0 margin after the top of the first.
The Hurricanes immediately retaliated with four runs of their own in the bottom of the stanza as Charles Lee came through with a two-run double.
Neither club would score again until CVCC plated a quartet of markers in the top of the eighth.
LC clawed back with three runs in the bottom of the inning as Phillip Boykin remained hot with a clutch two-run single.
Catawba Valley notched an insurance tally in the top of the ninth, only to see LC threaten in the bottom of the decisive final frame -- only to be thwarted in the end.
Justin Oakley went 3-for-5 for Louisburg with a home run and one RBI to spark LC's nine-hit attack.
Louisburg College will resume its Region X slate this Friday and Saturday with a pair of home doubleheaders against the University of South Carolina-Sumter.
First pitch each day will be at 1 p.m., weather permitting, at Frazier Field.