Baseball outscores Pitt 11-9
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Pitt Community College | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 2 |
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Louisburg College | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Louisburg College baseball took on Pitt Community College for the third time this season and with a win moved the series to 2-1.
In the early going Louisburg gave up 4 runs on 5 hits, but in the bottom of the 3rd the Hurricanes scored 5 to take the lead. David Cucci started the scoring with a bunt single that scored Jonah Beamon. Then left fielder Trendon Craig hit a grandslam.
Pitt tied it back up at 5 in the 4th, but Louisburg continued scoring of their own off Jack Dragum and Cucci RBIs. In the bottom of the 7th Louisburg offense did more damage as Phillip Boykin hit a 2-run homer and Matthew Cotter had an RBI double also to left field.
The Hurricanes scored 11 runs on 12 hits and only left 4 on base. Bradley Wilbourne was the winning pitcher on 3.1 innings of work, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits with 4 strikeouts. Tyler Hall got his first save of the season. He recorded 6 outs—5 were strikeouts. The final score was 11-9.
Louisburg baseball will enter the weekend series against Spartanburg Methodist 12-3. The first game begins Saturday at 1:00 on Frazier Field.