LAGRANGE, Ga. - The Belhaven Baseball team saw their weekend at the Collegiate Conference of the South Tournament come to a close on Saturday as they fell to Piedmont and Maryville in the double-elimination format. 

GAME ONE

The Blazers faced off against Piedmont in a Winner's Bracket game to open the day and battled in a tight contest where runs were hard to come by. Both teams were held scoreless through the first two frames before Piedmont opened the scoring with a pair of runs in the 3rd. 

Belhaven was able to get on the board in the 5th inning as James Muse opened the scoring with a solo home run before Hunter Estes tied the contest with an RBI single. The Lions however got a quick answer in the bottom half of the same frame with a run to retake the lead before adding an insurance run in the home half of the 6th. Despite Belhaven getting baserunners aboard in the final frames, the Blazers were unable to come up with the late-inning rally.

BELHAVEN PITCHERS

Harris Coleman (L, 4-3): 8.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 SO

BELHAVEN HITTERS

James Muse: 2-4, HR, RBI
Hunter Estes: 1-4, RBI
Matthew Charbonnet: 1-3, BB, R

GAME TWO

The second game of the day was an elimination battle against Maryville College and once again, both offenses spent the majority of the contest struggling for runs. The Scots took the lead in the 2nd inning with a solo home run but that would be the only real offense through five innings. 

Maryville doubled their lead with a solo shot in the 6th but Belhaven countered with a run of their own in the home half of the same frame as Dawson Albin crossed the plate on a passed ball. Trailing 2-1, the Blazers were able to get the tying run aboard in the late innings but could not level the game before Maryville added three runs in the 9th to seal the win.

BELHAVEN PITCHERS

Luke Miller (L, 1-3): 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4 SO
Will Swift: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 SO
Noah Whatley: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER

BELHAVEN HITTERS

Matthew Charbonnet: 1-4
Hunter Estes: 1-4 

The Blazers finish the 2023 season with an overall record of 21-18 marking the 3rd straight season they have won 20-plus games under Head Coach Kyle Palmer. Belhaven finished the regular season 12-5 in conference play and ended the year 2nd in the conference regular season standings. 

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