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Duncan Howard
3
UNC Asheville AVL 9-16
4
Winner Presbyterian College PC 12-14
UNC Asheville AVL
9-16
3
Final
4
Presbyterian College PC
12-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UNC Asheville AVL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 12 0
Presbyterian College PC 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 X 4 7 1

W: Howard, Duncan (4-2) L: DOUGLAS, R. (0-4) S: Matthews, Luke (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | PC Athletic Communications

Blue Hose Clinch Series with 4-3 Victory over Asheville

CLINTON, S.C. – Behind three early runs, the Presbyterian College baseball team withstood a late charge from UNC Asheville to earn the series win on Saturday by the score of 4-3 at the PC Baseball Complex. Duncan Howard tossed 5.1 innings allowing one earned run and totaling seven strikeouts for his fourth win of the season.
 
FINAL SCORE: Presbyterian 4, UNC Asheville 3 
LOCATION: PC Baseball Complex (Clinton, S.C.) 
RECORDS: Presbyterian (12-14, 3-5 Big South) | UNC Asheville (9-16, 4-4 Big South) 
W: Duncan Howard (4-2) | L: Ryan Douglas (0-4) 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
- Eric Toth opened the scoring for PC with a two-run single in the third to take the early 2-0 lead. Jeremiah Boyd added an RBI single in the frame to push the lead to 3-0.
- In the sixth, Asheville got on the board with an RBI single to cut the Blue Hose lead to 3-1.
- The Bulldogs added two in the eighth with the tying run cut down as Kyle Decker threw a laser from right field to get Presbyterian out of the frame.
- Luke Matthews worked around a leadoff walk with a pair of strikeouts in the ninth to earn his first save of the season as the Blue Hose earned the series win on Saturday afternoon.
 
NOTABLES
- Toth tallied his fourth multi-RBI contest of the season to lead the Blue Hose offense with his two-run single in the third inning.
- Brody Fahr pushed his hit streak to nine consecutive games with his third inning single. Fahr has also reached base safely in 19 straight games.
- Sophomore Duncan Howard improved to 4-2 on the season with 5.1 innings allowing one earned run and striking out seven Bulldogs.
- Howard has had at least six strikeouts in six consecutive starts.
- Decker tallied his 22nd career stolen bases to move him into a three-way tie for sixth in the Blue Hose DI Career Record Book for stolen bases.           
 
 UP NEXT
 - The two teams wrap up the series on Sunday afternoon with first pitch slated for 1 p.m. at the PC Baseball Complex.
 
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