CLINTON, S.C. – Behind a seven-run first inning and a season-high 17 hits, the Presbyterian College baseball team recorded a 13-3 Big South victory over Gardner-Webb on Saturday afternoon at the PC Baseball Complex. Brody Fahr, Dalton Reeves, and Chase Hughes each led the offense with three hits as Reeves and Hughes led the way with four RBIs.
FINAL SCORE: Presbyterian 13, Gardner-Webb 3
LOCATION: PC Baseball Complex (Clinton, S.C.)
RECORDS: Presbyterian (16-24, 8-9) | Gardner-Webb (25-13, 11-6)
W: Charlie McDaniel (3-6) | L: Tyler Switalski (7-2)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Blue Hose opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly from Jack Gorman to get the early advantage on Saturday.
- The momentum continued in the first when Reeves connected on a three-run homer to give the hosts a 4-0 lead. Three batters later, Chase Hughes connected on a two-run shot to make it a 6-0 PC advantage.
- Following Hughes's homer, Trey Fenderson capped the opening frame with a solo homer to give PC a 7-0 lead after just one inning.
- Gardner-Webb got on the scoreboard in the second with an RBI single through the left side to make it 7-1 Blue Hose.
- PC responded with a sacrifice fly from Reeves followed by Joel Dragoo scoring on a Runnin' Bulldogs wild pitch that pushed it to a 9-1 game after two frames.
- The guests pushed across a pair of runs in the third that allowed the lead to be trimmed to six, 9-3.
- In the fifth, Brody Fahr connected on an RBI double that gave PC the 10-3 lead after five innings.
- Hughes connected on a two-run single in the sixth before an RBI single from Fenderson gave the Blue Hose a 13-3 lead that they would carry to a Saturday afternoon win to even the series at a game apiece.
NOTABLES
- Fahr and Reeves led the offense on Saturday with three hits apiece as Fahr has now tallied a team-high 15 multi-hit games on the season. Reeves picked up his seventh of the year.
- Dragoo, Fenderson, and Noah Lebron each picked up a pair of hits in the contest.
- The Blue Hose pounded out a season-high 17 hits on Saturday surpassing the previous high of 16 set earlier this week against ETSU.
- Reeves tied the team lead with his sixth homer of the season as Fenderson connected on his third along with Hughes hitting his second of the year.
- Hughes finished with a career-high four RBIs as along with Reeves the pair each knocked in four on Saturday to pace the offense.
- As a team, PC has connected on nine homers in the last four contests as Lebron, Reeves, and Fenderson have each hit a pair of long balls in that stretch.
- In PC's last seven games, Fahr is hitting .481 (13-of-27) with three doubles which leads the way for the Blue Hose.
- Charlie McDaniel picked up his second win of the week with five innings on the mound and recording five strikeouts in the victory.
- Alex Flood continued his strong start to the 2023 season with three shutout innings in relief with a strikeout.
- The seven runs scored in the opening inning match a season-high by PC in a single inning a mark that was previously hit on March 7th in the fourth inning against Western Michigan.
- PC improved to 9-2 when out-hitting opponents after Saturday's 17-hit outburst.
UP NEXT
- The Blue Hose and Runnin' Bulldogs square off at 1 p.m. on Sunday in a rubber match as the winner takes the series on ESPN+ from Clinton.
