RADFORD, Va. - Presbyterian College Baseball carried a one-run lead into the bottom of the eighth inning, but five Radford runs gave the Highlanders a 7-3 win on Sunday afternoon.  PC led for the first five innings before Radford equalized in the sixth.  The Blue Hose re-took the lead in the seventh before surrendering five in the eighth.

The Blue Hose (12-33, 4-17 BSC) were the beneficiary of two errors in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead after the first half of an inning.  Mack Hite reached with one out on a fielding error by the third baseman.  He stole second before Kenny Bryant walked.  The next batter, Tony Micklon, grounded to third base, but reached on the fielder's choice.  A pair of errors on the third baseman allowed Bryant to reach third and Hite to score PC's first run.  Nate Horton's 5-3 groundout brought Bryant home to give the Blue Hose a 2-0 lead.

Radford (26-20, 12-8 BSC) tied the game in the sixth inning with two runs in the frame.  A sacrifice fly with runners on the corners brought the first run in but a triple to right center off the bat of Matt Mack plated the runner from first to knot the teams at 2-2.

With runners on second and third in the top of the seventh, Hite's one-out groundout to second base brought Aaron Preston in to score and give the Blue Hose a 3-2 lead. 

The Radford offense came to life in the bottom of the eighth inning to run out to a 7-3 lead with just a half inning to play.  Rodney Scruggs gave up four runs in the inning, recording two outs in the process.  Drew Wingo relieved Scruggs and surrendered the fifth run of the inning.

The Blue Hose offense went quiet in the ninth inning as Radford earned the three-game sweep over the Blue Hose.

Scruggs got his first decision of the season, taking the loss to fall to 0-1 on the year.  Joe Hammond got the start and worked the first five and a third, allowing the two runs off six hits while striking out three batters.  Radford's Abram Williams took the win to go to 3-1 on the year.

Radford stymied PC to just five hits on the day.  There were six combined errors on the day with four being charged against the Highlanders and only two blemishes on PC's ledger.

The Blue Hose enter the final two weeks of the season on Tuesday afternoon with a doubleheader against the Duke Blue Devils.  The afternoon doubleheader starts at 1 p.m. from the Durham Athletic Park where PC is 2-0 this season.