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March 28,2013

E&H baseball falls short, drops three straight

6ve runs on eight hits.

JoshilIurruy
Staff Writer

Virginia

jmurray0S@ehc.edu

lUflesleyan

would

complete the Saturday sweep

as they won game two 9-4.

fh-e Wasps baseball team

)ok to the road this week.

E&H

started the game off

with three runs as freshman

ha as th"y

traveled to
liitd"i, Beach to take on
Itlrgi"i^ Wesleyan in a con-

Andrew Stockstill teached

ofl afl error that brought
home a pair of runs. The

Itence doubleheader.

Wasps would plate their 6nal

, The

Wasps

offense

iaruld strike 6tst as seniot

kic Houff drove in

Same

on a single to left 6eld

fving them the lead. The
itarlins offense would soon
;foie

tke over 4s they picked up a

un in the next four innings
rking a 4-2lead.

E&H would pick up anrther run in the top of the

ighth off the bat of senior
essup Lambert as he drove
o Connor Wise. Virgmia
Vesleyan would tack on an
lsrrance run in the bottom
rf the eighth as the Wasps
ould not mount a comeback
r the ninth. Freshman Mathew Mclnaw went the dismce for the'S7asps, allowing

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run in the top of the third as

Connor Wise siogled to cen-

teffield driving in Bransen

Chdstopher. Freshman Ty
Hill went seven innings, giviog rrp seven earned nrns on
fifteen hits, falling to 2-3 on

to life in the bottom of the

6fth as they scored five runs
on seven hits.

ffus inning was

highlighted by a game tying two

run double by senior Eric

Houff.

Bluefield regained
lead
quickly thanks to
the
a solo homerun in the top
of the sixth inning, but the

Waspq answered back as se-

niot Jessup Lambert knocked

in two runs on a single to left

field making the score 8-7.

The game

continued

to go back and forth until

offense

Bluefield's offense plated 5

runs in the top of the ninth
iroiog and took a 15-8 lead.
At the plate, iunior Connor
Wise led the !0asps as he
went thtee for five and one
RBI.
The uflasps will take to
the field again on March 30,
as they take on ODAC foe

scoreboard

Washington and Lee Uni-

early and often plating four

runs ovff the fust three innings to ake a 4-0lead. The
Wasps offense would come

versity in a double header at

the season.

The E&H baseball team

traveled to Bristol VA to
take on Bluefield College in

non-conference matchup
last Thursday looking to
pick up their eighth win of
the season.

Bluefield's
jumped

on the

home. Pitch time for the first

game is scheduled

for 1 p.m.

Nom

l)ais

Senlor second baseman Sam LIne and the Emory & Henry Wasps baseball team suffered three
tough tosses ln row wlth two coming against ODAC opponent Virginia Wesleyan.