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Zacchaeus Rasberry
2
Presbyterian College PC 1-5
15
Winner Monmouth MON 3-3
Presbyterian College PC
1-5
2
Final
15
Monmouth MON
3-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Presbyterian College PC 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 3
Monmouth MON 0 0 0 3 2 0 10 0 X 15 17 0

W: Hensey, R. (2-0) L: Fowler, Reagan (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Greg Hartlage

PC Unable To Overcome Hawks Big Inning

Spartanburg, S.C. – The Presbyterian College baseball team was unable to overcome a 10-run seventh from Monmouth as the Hawks picked up a 15-2 victory on Saturday afternoon at Harley Park in Spartanburg. Freshman Kyle Merkle led the offense with a pair of base hits in the defeat. Reagan Fowler matched his season-high with six strikeouts over 5.0 innings in the contest.
  
 FINAL SCORE: Monmouth 15, Presbyterian 2
 LOCATION: Harley Park (Spartanburg, S.C.)
 RECORDS: Presbyterian (1-5) | Monmouth (4-3)
 WP: Rob Hensey (2-0) | LP: Reagan Fowler (0-1)     
 
 NOTABLES
 - Freshman Kyle Merkle led the offense with a pair of base hits for his first career multi-hit contest. Merkle is leading the offense with a .364 average (4-for-11) during the Blue Hose last three contests.
- Freshman Landon Shaw extended his hit streak to six games with his fifth-inning base knock.
- Shaw also swiped his first career bag of the season on Saturday.
- Reagan Fowler tied his season-high with six strikeouts over five innings. He had six punchouts in six innings last Saturday against Eastern Kentucky.
 
 HOW IT HAPPENED
 - The Blue Hose got on the board first with an RBI single off the bat of Rasberry to take the early 1-0 lead.
- Monmouth pushed three across in its half of the fourth with a two-run single and RBI double to take a 3-1 lead after four innings.
- The Hawks connected on a two-run double in the fifth to extend the lead to 5-1 after five frames.
- PC picked up a run in the seventh on an RBI groundout from Marcelli to make it 5-2 Hawks.
- Monmouth plated 10 runs to take a 15-2 lead after seven innings en route to the win on Saturday afternoon.
 
 UP NEXT
 - Presbyterian heads to Wofford on Sunday morning for an 11 am first pitch against Manhattan. The game will be played at Russell C. King Field on Sunday and will be the final game of the weekend for the Blue Hose. 

 
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