ANDERSON, S.C. – The Limestone College baseball team dropped a pair of nonconference games at Anderson University, falling by a final of 9-4 in game one before coming up on the wrong end of a 6-1 decision on Monday, April 16 at Memorial Stadium.
 
GAME 1 INFORMATION
Score: Anderson 9, Limestone 4
Records: Anderson (19-24), Limestone (18-24)
Location: Memorial Stadium
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
 

• Sophomore Brandon Banks (Rock Hill, S.C.) went 2-for-3 with a homerun
• Junior Zach Piazza (Huntingtown, Md.) finished with a homerun and two RBIs
• Senior Brandon Etheridge (Cartersville, Ga.) added a hit and an RBI
• Juniors Ryan Creps (Indiana, Pa.) and Channing Painton (Marietta, Ga.) both doubled
• Senior starter Charlie Richardson (La Plata, Md.) took the loss, falling to 0-2 on the year

 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Trojans used a two-run homerun in the bottom of the first to grab an early advantage, but Limestone countered with a pair of runs in the second to tie things up. Banks crushed a leadoff homerun to cut the deficit in half, 2-1, before Etheridge pulled the Saints even with an RBI groundout a few batters later.
 
Anderson moved back in front, 4-2, on a two-run bomb in the third before adding two more markers in the fourth. Piazza then launched his 33^rd career homerun in the fifth, a two-run shot that cut Limestone's deficit to two, but the Trojans tallied three runs in the bottom of the frame to pull away for a 9-4 decision.
 
GAME 2 INFORMATION
Score: Anderson 6, Limestone 1
Records: Anderson (20-24), Limestone (18-25)
Location: Memorial Stadium
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
 

• Senior Matt Orth (Asheboro, N.C.) finished with a base hit in the nightcap
• Junior Justin Mack (Baltimore, Md.) tallied a pinch-hit double
• Junior John Staab (Cockeysville, Md) registered his first RBI of the season
• Etheridge got the start on the mound, posting seven strikeouts over 4.1 innings
• He would take the loss, surrendering six runs on seven hits and four walks

 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Etheridge, making just his second career start as a pitcher, registered four strikeouts over the first two innings of work, but the Trojans would push across a run in the second to take a 1-0 lead. Limestone did not record its first base hit of the game until Creps singled with one out in the top of the fifth.
 
Anderson opened things up in the home half of the fifth, extending the lead to 6-0 as a grand slam highlighted a five-run frame.  The Saints broke up the shutout in their final at-bat as a double by Mack scored on an RBI single by Staab, but the Trojans would have more than enough for the 6-1 decision.
 
UP NEXT
 
Limestone kicks off a four-game homestand to close the 2018 regular season as it hosts Lenoir-Rhyne University at Founders FCU Stadium on Tuesday, April 17 at 6 p.m.