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Belmont sweeps ETSU baseball

Bo Reeder

Chris Rankhorn

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 15, 2009) –The ETSU baseball team dropped two games Sunday to Belmont at Shelby Field in Nashville, Tenn. by the scores of 8-1 and 13-3.

In the first game, the Bruins jumped out in front in the bottom of the first on a RBI double by Brandon McCall to take a 1-0 lead.

Belmont added four more runs in the bottom of the second on three ETSU errors to take a 5-0 lead.

In the bottom of the sixth, Derek Hamblen added an insurance run for the Bruins as he singled in a run to make the score 6-0.

Garrett May (Roswell, Ga.) got the Bucs on the board in the in the top of the seventh as Chris Rankhorn (Gallatin, Tenn.) came in to score on a deep sac fly to left center to cut the lead to 6-1.

The Bruins answered in the bottom of the seventh on a sec fly by Daniel Wagner to make the score 7-1 Belmont.

Wagner singled in a run in the bottom of the eighth to make the final 8-1

In game two of the doubleheader, Belmont took a 5-0 lead in the bottom of the first on an ETSU error, a RBI single by Derek Wiley and a three-run home run by Wagner.

The Bruins scored six runs in the bottom of the third on a Hamann two-run single, an RBI double by Derek Hamblen, a Packy Elkins two-run double and two ETSU errors to extend their lead to 11-0.

Bo Reeder (Cookeville, Tenn.) cut into the Bruin lead in the top of the fifth as he crushed a three-run home run over the fence in left center to make the score 11-3.

Wagner homered again in the bottom of the sixth to increase the Belmont lead to 13-3.

McCall singled in a run in the bottom of the seventh to make thte score 14-3, Bruins.

The Bucs added a run in the bottom of the ninth as Rankhorn singled in Paul Hoilman (Johnson City, Tenn.) to make the final 14-4.

ETSU was led offensively by Rankhorn as he was 3-for-5 on the day including a pinch-hit RBI single. Reeder was 2-for-5 in game two of the doubleheader as he had three RBI in the game.

The Bucs are back in action Tuesday at 7 p.m. as they head to Asheville, N.C. to face UNC Asheville. Please visit www.ETSUBucs.com for more information on ETSU baseball and all other Buccaneer athletic news.

Game 1: Belmont 8, ETSU 1 (March 15, 2009 at Nashville, Tenn.)
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ETSU............ 000  000  100      -      1      7   4  (5-8, 1-4 A-Sun)

BU................. 140  001  01x    -  8    11     1   (9-7, 4-1 A-Sun)

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Pitchers: ETSU – Josh Gonzaga; Drew Story (8)

BU –Tyler Graskewicz; Logan Simmons (8)
Win – Tyler Graskewicz (1-1) Loss – Josh Gonzaga (0-2) 

Game 2: Belmont 14, ETSU 4 (March 15, 2009 at Nashville, Tenn.)
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ETSU............ 000  030  001  -  4      9      2   (5-9, 1-5 A-Sun)

BU................. 506  002  10x    - 14   15     3   (10-7, 5-1 A-Sun)

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Pitchers: ETSU – Dustin Plumlee; Ben Andrews (4); Darren Caldwell (7); Ben Allen (8)

BU – Garrett Fanchier; Cameron Heath (6); Matt Hamann (7); Jon Ivie (8); Jimmy Stanley (9)
Win – Garrett Fanchier (2-0) Loss – Dustin Plumlee (2-2) 

HR – ETSU – Bo Reeder (5)

BU – Daniel Wagner 2(5)

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