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Nick Montrose at the plate
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Winner Piedmont PIEDMONT 10-6
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William Peace WILLIAM 10-6
Winner
Piedmont PIEDMONT
10-6
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Final
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William Peace WILLIAM
10-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Piedmont PIEDMONT 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 2
William Peace WILLIAM 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0

W: Irvin (2-0) L: Shea, Brendan (2-1) S: Janofsky (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Pacers Drop Game Three In Series With Piedmont

The William Peace University baseball team closed their series with Piedmont (1-2) as they fell by a score of (3-2) on Sunday afternoon.

THE BASICS
  • Final score: William Peace 2, Piedmont 3
  • Records: William Peace (10-6) (2-4), Piedmont (10-6) (7-2)
  • Location: Holly Springs, NC
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Brendan Shea would retire the first two batters in quick fashion but would then walk three consecutive batters. Shea would get out of the bases loaded jam with a strikeout to end the top of the first.  Piedmont would strike quickly in the top of the second with two home runs from Conner Jelley and Harry Trawick to take a (2-0) lead before adding another run at the top of the third (3-0). The Pacers were unable to respond until the bottom of the third, when Nick Montrose's single would give the Pacers a runner on first. Nathan Holt's double to left field would bring Montrose home as the Pacers now trailed (3-1).
  • The Pacers would keep Piedmont scoreless in the top of fourth before getting runners in the corners in the bottom of the inning. Montrose would add another single to send in Hunter Ward across home plate to cut down the Piedmont lead (3-2). 
  • The remainder of the game would be a pitching duel with WPU's Austin Skipper and Logan Barbour keeping the Lions at bay as they each tallied 3 strikeouts. While Irvin worked through 8.0 innings keeping the Pacers at Bay. Will Janofsky would come in the bottom of the ninth and close the game for Piedmont as the Pacers fell  (3-2) in the final game of the series.
PACER TOP PERFORMERS
  • Nick Montrose was 2 for 3 at the plate as he added 1 RBI.
  • Nate Holt was 1 for 3 at bat with 1 RBI.
  • Austin Skipper pitched 5.1 innings for WPU, allowing 1 run and 3 hits while adding 3 strikeouts.
FOR THE FOES
  • Irvin ptiched 8 innings for Piedmont as he allowed 2 runs and 5 hits while notching 5 strikeouts.
  • Conner Jelley went 2 for 4 at the plate as he tallied 1 RBI.

NEXT GAME
The Pacers will return home to host Dean College on Tuesday, March 10th. Game time is scheduled for 7 PM.

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