BOX SCORE
Hickory, N.C.----Wingate University senior outfielder
Casey Allison (Horse Shoe, N.C.) was three-for-five with two doubles, one home run and eight RBI, while sophomore pitcher
Ben Currie (Clemmons, N.C.) pitched seven innings of three-hit ball to lead the Bulldogs to a 15-1 South Atlantic Conference victory over Lenoir-Rhyne University Friday night at Bears Field.
Wingate is 9-10 overall and 1-6 in the SAC. Lenoir-Rhyne is 4-17 overall and 1-6 in the SAC. The Bulldogs and the Bears will play a doubleheader Saturday. First pitch is slated for 2 p.m. (please note new starting time).
“It is good to get back on track (tonight),” Wingate head coach
Jeff Gregory says. “We played a clean game…we swung the bats well…we were solid all the way around. Casey Allison was the catalyst…everyone fed off his energy. Ben Currie pitched a tremendous game tonight.”
In the first inning, Allison hit a two-out, three-run home run to left field. Allison’s dinger scored infielders
Jacob Karr (Richmond, Va.) and
Brian Yeung (Raleigh, N.C.), who had both walked. Allison’s fourth homer of the season gave the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead they would not relinquish. Allison struck again in Wingate’s five-run second inning. He smashed a three-RBI double down the left-field line to give the visitors an 8-0 advantage.
Currie didn’t need the eight-run cushion, but he flourished with the extra support. In seven innings, the right-hander allowed one earned run on three hits (three singles). Currie struck out three and walked four. Freshmen hurlers
Byron Sherrill (Maiden, N.C.) and
Brett Morgan (Clemmons, N.C.) pitched one inning each of no-hit ball to seal the deal.
Karr hit a solo home run (his fifth this year) with one out in the fourth inning to give the Bulldogs a 9-0 lead. Karr was one-for-two with one RBI, two walks and three runs scored. Yeung also recorded two walks and three runs scored. Wingate freshman shortstop
Michael Godinez (Cutler Bay, Fla.) was two-for-three with a double and two runs scored.
Three Lenoir-Rhyne players had one hit each for the hosts. Bear freshman outfielder
Ivan Vieitez (Miami, Fla.) plated a run in the sixth inning with an RBI fielder’s choice. L-R junior lefty
Ryan Reedy (Clearwater, Fla.) took the pitching loss. In 1 2/3 innings, Reedy allowed eight runs (four earned) on three hits. He struck out one and walked four.
