March 7, 2004
BOX SCORE GAME #1
BOX SCORE GAME #2
FARMVILLE, Va. -- Longwood University swept a collegiate baseball doubleheader from visiting Seton Hill (Pa.) Sunday at Lancer Stadium, winning the first game 8-5 and the second game 5-4. The Lancers have now won eight-straight games to improve their record to 8-4 overall. Longwood will play again Tuesday, March 9, hosting Elizabeth City State (N.C.) for another doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. at Lancer Stadium.
In the opener, Longwood broke open a 5-5 tie with a run in the 6th inning, and added two insurance runs in the 7th en route to the victory. Freshman Tyler Childress/Montclair (Forest Park) (0-2, RBI) hit a sacrifice fly to score the decisive run in the 6th inning. Freshmen Charlie Yarbrough/Richmond (Mills Godwin) (3-3, 2 RBI) and Tyler Ames/Exmore (Northampton) (3-4, 2 RBI) each collected three hits and two RBI in the contest to lead the Lancers. Senior Brian Medley/Halifax (Halifax Co.) (2-4, 2 RBI) and freshman Hunter Williams/Richmond (Varina) (2-3, RBI) each added two hits to the effort, including a two-run home run by Medley in the 4th inning -- his team-leading fifth homer this season. Freshman Zach Zigrang/Virginia Beach (Kempsville) (3-0) got the pitching win in relief with 2.0 shutout innings, yielding two hits with two strikeouts. Classmate Alan Moore/Richmond (Monacan) (1) earned his first collegiate save, striking-out the only batter he faced in the 7th inning.
In the nightcap, Longwood led 4-0 through six innings before Seton Hill scored four runs in the 7th inning to tie the game. The Lancers scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the final 7th inning with two-outs when Medley (2-4, RBI) hit a grounder up the middle off the second baseman’s glove for an RBI single. Ames (2-3) added two hits along with Medley, while Yarbrough (1-2, 2 RBI) hit a two-run home run in the 6th inning -- his third homer this spring. Junior Darin Knicely/Elkton (Spotswood) (1-0) picked-up the pitching win in relief with the final two-thirds of an inning, striking-out two of three batters he faced. Sophomore John Hines/Smithfield (Smithfield) went the first 6.1 innings on the mound, scattering seven hits and four earned runs with five strikeouts.
