BEREA, Ky. - The Belhaven Baseball team bounced back from their series opening defeat to Berea College on Thursday evening to take both ends of their Friday doubleheader as they cruised past the Mountaineers to a pair of run-rule victories. 

GAME ONE

The Blazers took the first game of the doubleheader and leveled the weekend series at 1-1 behind a 17-2 victory that showcased the potency of the Belhaven bats. The Blazers jumped on the hosts early with a run in the top of the 1st inning before opening the lead up further with a 5-run top of the 2nd inning. 

In the 3rd inning Matthew Charbonnet helped add to the Blazers' lead with a 3-run home run as he picked up his 3rd hit in as many innings. The Blazers made it a 10-0 lead in the 4th with a run on Hunter Estes' RBI double before finally got on the board with a pair of runs in the same frame. 

Belhaven would answer right back though as Dawson Albin notched the Blazers 2nd home run of the game with a 2-run blast restoring BU's double digit lead. Belhaven added another 5 runs in the top of the 6th inning to take the 17-2 lead and after a pair of clean defensive innings, took the game in run-rule fashion.

BELHAVEN PITCHERS

Brett Sanchez (W, 5-2): 7.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 11 K

BELHAVEN HITTING LEADERS

Matthew Charbonnet: 3-4, HR, 2B, 5 RBI, 4 R
Dawson Albin: 3-4, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R
Nick Lucido: 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R
Hunter Estes: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Nathan Herron: 1-1, 3 BB, RBI, 3 R

GAME TWO 

The Belhaven bats were ready to go for the 2nd game of the day as well as the Blazers cruised to a 16-6 run rule win in the series deciding matchup. Belhaven got a jumpstart in the top of the 1st on a 3-run home run by Caleb Whittle but Berea hit back quickly taking the lead with a 4-run bottom of the 1st inning. 

The Blazers retook the lead with a 3-run frame in the top half of the 2nd and would hold the lead into the 4th when multiple lightning delays would slow down progress. After play resumed, Belhaven grabbed 2 more runs in the 5th inning, a total that was matched by Berea in the bottom of the same frame.

Leading 8-6 after 5 innings, the Blazers would strike for 2 more runs in the top of the 6th before running away from the Mountaineers in the top of the 7th with a 6-run inning that included a pair of RBI triples by Dawson Albin and Matthew Charbonnet. 

BELHAVEN PITCHERS

Harris Coleman (W, 5-4): 5.0 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 4 K
Will Swift: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R

BELHAVEN HITTING LEADERS

Dawson Albin: 3-4, 3B, 4 RBI, 2 R
Nick Lucido: 3-4, 2B, 3 R
Caleb Whittle: 2-5, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R

The Blazers will now await the results from the remainder of the Collegiate Conference of the South schedule before finding out their location and opposition for the CCS tournament. 

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