Box Score HIGH POINT, N.C. – The Presbyterian College Blue Hose baseball team (19-20, BSC: 10-4) fell to the High Point Panthers (21-18, BSC: 10-4) despite sending two baseballs out of the park.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After no score through one inning, High Point took the first two runs of the day with a homer in the bottom of the first inning.
- The Blue Hose took their first run of the day in the top of the third inning. As the leadoff batter, Jackson Hugus doubled to left field before he advanced to third on a ground out the next play. Eli Lazio then gained an RBI with his sacrifice bunt to cut the Panther's lead to a score of 2-1.
- HPU answered in the bottom of the third inning, to maintain a two-run lead.
- A pair of two-run home runs from the Panther's made the score 7-2 after five innings.
- After High Point pushed their total to nine runs in the sixth inning, Joel Dragoo went to work in the top of the seventh with a base hit through the left side. A single from Noah Lebron put runners on first and second before Jack Gorman roped an RBI double to left field. After a pitching change, Hugus tallied his second hit of the day with an RBI single to right field, putting the score at 9-3.
- HPU took three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning.
- Brody Fahr singled to second base to kick off the eighth inning with some momentum. Next up to bat was Dragoo who advanced Fahr to second with a single before Lebron hit a three-run homer over the left field wall, cutting the opponents lead to a score of 12-6.
- After three runs from High Point in the bottom of the eighth inning, Rhogue Wallace stepped in to pinch hit in the top of the ninth. He was able to hit one over the fence to make the score 15-7, but ultimately High Point kept the score there to secure the win.
 
NOTABLES
- Jackson Hugus hit a double in the third inning which marked his sixth of the year.
- Jack Gorman's RBI double in the seventh inning was his third double and 14^th RBI of the season.
- Noah Lebron hit his fourth home run of the season in the top of the eighth inning.
- Rhogue Wallace recorded his second homer of the season as a pinch hitter in the top of the ninth inning.
 
UP NEXT
The Blue Hose will close out their series against the Panthers with game three tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 p.m.