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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 29, 2008) - The ETSU baseball team defeated North Carolina Central Tuesday night at Cardinal Park in Johnson City, Tenn., 13-1.
ETSU (14-31, 9-18) got yet another good start from junior Ty Sarchet (
The Bucs got on the board in the bottom of the second as Chas Byrne (
Anthony Russell (Waldorf, Md.) teed off on a ball driving it way over the right field fence for his 17th home run of the season to make the score 2-0.
In the bottom of the fourth, with the bases loaded Russell walked bring in Bubba Herbold (
The Bucs scored two more in the bottom of the fifth on a Russell hard shot that found its way through the left side scoring Byrne and Jacob Fabry (
NCCU got on the board in the top of the sixth on a grounder to short by Brian Brice to cut the ETSU lead to 9-1.
The Bucs scored three more in the bottom of the seventh on a Ben Allen (
Russell added to his home run total in the bottom of the eighth as he blasted another ball over the right field fence to tie him for second in the nation with
Darren Caldwell (
Byrne was a perfect 4-for-4 for the Bucs, while Russell was 4-for-5 with two home runs and five RBI.
The Bucs are back in action tomorrow as they host North Carolina Central at 7 p.m.
ETSU 13, NC Central 1 (April 29, 2008 at
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NCCU.........000 001 000 - 1 5 2 (6-29)
ETSU..........011 520 31x - 13 14 3 (14-31, 9-18 A-Sun)
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Pitchers: ETSU - Ty Sarchet; Bo Burton (5); Darren Caldwell (7); Jimmy Tidwell (8)
NCCU - Douglas Dalley; Jordan James (5); Gene Suarez (7)
Win - Ty Sarchet (3-5) Loss - Douglas Dalley (2-3)
HR - ETSU - Anthony Russell 2(18); Paul Hoilman (8)