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JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - After falling in game one of today's doubleheader, the Eagles completed a wild rally in the ninth inning of game two to steal a game from Newberry.
"Game one we didn't play well and they forced the action," says head coach Tom Griffin. "Then the second game they got up big and we needed to keep it close. Then Shaver came in and played three shutout innings"
"It was like a fight with Muhammad Ali. He jabs, he crosses and the first round he knocked us down. But we didn't get knocked out," says Griffin. "We had guys then start hitting with two strikes and two outs and Krob came up big. He felt like he was due one today and I'm happy and proud of how the guys responded especially after game one."
GAME ONE: Newberry 7, Carson-Newman 1 (Seven Innings)
The Wolves used a strong fourth inning to pull away from Carson-Newman in game one.
The teams traded runs in the second inning, with Adian Baur driving in Beau Thompson on an RBI double to give Newberry an early 1-0 lead.
In the bottom half of the frame, Harrison Travis (Soddy Daisy, Tenn.) skyed a ball deep enough to the outfield to allow Brendan Krob (Justice, Ill.) to score and tie the game back at one run apiece.
Thompson opened the floodgates for Newberry in the fourth stanza, as a double off the wall lead to two runs for the Wolves to break the tie. After another run scored on a catcher interference call, Rhett Jolly belted a ball through the gap, allowing two more Wolves to run all the way home and give Newberry a 5-1 lead.
Newberry added two insurance runs in the fifth and seventh innings, thanks to a Jack Harris double and a home run by Collin Allman as the Wolves took game one by a final score of 7-1.
The Eagles were held to just three hits in game one while almost half (five) of Newberry's 11 hits were extra base hits.
Tomas Sorcia Jr. earned the complete game win for Newberry, needing exactly 100 pitches over seven innings, allowing just three hits and one run while walking three batters and striking out eight. Matt Bradley (Talbott, Tenn.) was handed the loss, his first of the season. The Jefferson County native went 4.0 innings giving up five runs on seven hits, walking a batter and striking out three.
GAME TWO: Carson-Newman 6, Newberry 5
In what felt like a heavyweight fight, the Eagles and Wolves traded runs early before the game came down to the final inning.
The Wolves recorded three straight hits as RBI singles by Luke Orr, Jack Harris and Adian Baur put the Pack up 3-0 early.
The Eagles answered quickly as an RBI triple by Zach Boze (Gallatin, Tenn.) drove in Henry Jackson (Waxhaw, NC) before a grounder by Matt Parkinson (Whitesboro, N.Y.) scored Boze, cutting the lead to just 3-2 after one.
Newberry would score in the top of the fourth after a Carson-Newman balk advanced a runner home, but the Eagles answered in the bottom half of the frame after a Micah Genter (Jasper, Tenn.) ground out scored Harrison Travis from third to keep the game a one-run spread.
Orr drilled a single to left field for Newberry, scoring Collin Allman in the fifth to push the Newberry lead to 5-3.
The teams would go back and forth, unable to push any runs across for the next four innings until the bottom of the ninth.
After Travis drew a two-out a walk, Carson Kemp (Adairsville, Ga.) pinch-ran and advanced all the way to third on a couple of wild pitches. Down to their final strike, an emergency pitching change was made for Newberry after an injury to Josh Bookbinder, as Jacob Jeffcoat walked Kilian Daughtry (Simpsonville, S.C.) on his first pitch of the afternoon. Brendan Krob then game up clutch for the convocation with a two-RBI triple to tie the game at five. With Emery Peterson (Etowah, Tenn.) up to bat, a wild pitch brought Krob home, ending the game in a wild frenzy at the SDBC.
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Tyler Shaver (Dandridge, Tenn.) pitched a steller 3.2 innings to earn his first win of the season, giving up three hits, no runs, walking one and striking out five Newberry batters.
Carson-Newman won the game despite batting just 2-for-11 (.182) with runners in scoring position, compared to Newberry batting 5-for-13 (.385) with runners in scoring position.
The Eagles will take the week off before heading to Salisbury, N.C. for their first conference series of the season, a four game challenge against Catawba College with the opening games scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 27.
