Battling Bishops earn
twinbill sweep of Emory & Henry
Rocky Mount, NC
- In Wednesday afternoon baseball action, the Battling
Bishops of North Carolina Wesleyan moved to 14-5 on the
season with a twinbill sweep of Emory & Henry at Bauer
Field. Wesleyan took game one by a 12-2 score as
sophomore catcher Justin Batts went 3-for-4 with four
RBIs and homerun. Game two saw Bishop freshman hurler
Doug Roenker throw the first complete game of his
collegiate career in a 9-0 shutout. With the two
losses, the Wasps drop to 2-7 overall.
Wesleyan’s bats came
alive early in the opener as the Bishops forged an 8-0
lead in the first two innings. Joel Creef and Matt
Smith both scored in the bottom of the first with Creef
coming around on a Wasp error and Smith being plated by
a Zollie Woodlief single. NCWC’s six-run second was
capped by Batts’ three-run homer to left.
Mark Wooten and Alex
Lively picked up RBIs in the fourth and fifth innings as
Wesleyan plated four more runs to increase its lead to
12-0. The Wasps, however, avoided the shutout with two
runs in the top of the seventh. Will Freeland recorded
an RBI-double to left and later scored on a Seth Hyder
single to center.
Bishop starter Kyle
Robertson earned the win on the mound, tossing 4.1
scoreless innings and scattering five hits. The junior
righty walked none and struck out three before being
relieved by senior Matt Bryan. Bryan finished the final
2.2 innings and both EHC runs on three hits.
Emory & Henry used six
different pitchers with starter George Harrington
suffering the loss. Gavin Haynes and Freeland paced the
Wasps offensely with two hits each.
Like Batts, Smith was
3-for-4 at the plate and scored three runs. Creef and
Wooten added two hits apiece for the Bishops, who ripped
12 hits as team.
In game two, Wesleyan
put up a five-spot in the second inning to take the
early lead. It proved to be more than enough for
Roenker, who went the distance and scattered just six
hits. He walked one and struck out four.
Sophomore second
baseman Wes Means delivered the big blow on offense when
he deposited a three-run double into the corner in left
in the second. Wesleyan added four insurance runs in
the fourth for the 9-0 final.
Matt Duffy was 2-for-3
to pace the Wasps on offense, while seven different
Bishops had one hit in the game. EHC again used six
pitchers with Daniel Griggs taking the loss after
allowing the five-run second inning (four earned).
Previously on Tuesday,
the Bishops fell on the road at Virginia Wesleyan by an
11-8 score. The Marlins jumped out to a 9-2 lead after
five innings, and although the Bishops plated five runs
in the sixth, it was too little to late as VWC
out-scored NCWC 2-1 over the final three frames.
Ben Moore took the loss
for the Bishops, throwing four complete innings and
giving up five runs (three earned) on seven hits.
Offensively, Justin Batts was 2-for 5 with five RBIs.
Wesleyan returns to
action on Thursday when the Bishops travel to
Hampden-Sydney College. Game time is slated for 3:00
p.m.
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