CLINTON, Miss. - The Belhaven Baseball team wrapped up their conference regular season slate in style on Saturday as they took down Berea on both ends of a doubleheader to sweep the weekend series.
GAME ONE
Belhaven took the opening game of the day 9-6 as both teams took advantage of the long ball to generate offense on the day. After both teams went scoreless in the opening two innings, the Blazers picked up three runs in the 3rd on an
Owen Abney home run.
Both teams then traded runs in the 4th before Berea tied the game with a three-run blast in the top of the 6th. A sac fly from
Eli Britt put Belhaven back in front but once again the Mountaineers brought the score back level.
Preston Conlee put Belhaven in the lead with a two-RBI hit and then
Josh Neutze sealed the game in the 8th with a two-run homer.
Top Performances
Owen Abney: 2-3, HR, 3 RBI
Josh Neutze: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Noah Foster: 2-3, 2B, 3 R
GAME TWO
In the second game of the day, the Belhaven offense put the game out of doubt early. The Blazers once again took the early lead, this time with
Owen Abney hitting a two-run homer in the bottom of the 1st inning.
Noah Foster then added another run in the 2nd with a solo home run to right field.
The Blazers' offense then exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the 3rd as
Preston Conlee,
Owen Abney,
Noah Foster and
Tristan Pearson all drove in runs. Berea got on the board with a pair of runs in the 6th but the Blazers answered with four runs in the home half of the frame including one an RBI single from
Shawn Mitchell-Harvard, his first career hit.
Top Performances
Cooper Williams (W, 1-1): 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 K
Tristan Pearson: 3-5, 2B, 3 RBI
Josh Neutze: 2-2, 2 2B, BB, 2 R
Owen Abney: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Noah Foster: 1-2, HR
The Blazers have one more regular season left on the year as they host MUW at Frierson Field in Clinton on Wednesday. With this weekend's results, the Blazers also keep themselves in contention for the No. 2 seed in the CCS Tournament in two weeks.
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