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Western Carolinian Volume 70 Number 13

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  • WCnewsmagazine 27 Catamounts sweep Hartford in double header, and Gardner Webb By Ryan Sarda + WGnewsmagazine The Catamount baseball team is on a tear as of late; on March 21, coming off of Tommy John surgery almost one year ago, Catamount pitcher the Cats won their fourth and fifth consecutive games, and on March 22, they Caleb McConnell (1-2) threw six innings, allowing four hits, striking out eight and won their sixth straight. After sweeping Hartford University in a Double Header allowing no walks. 24-12 and 11-0 on March 21, the Catamount baseball team took the field against In the first inning, as they did in game.one, the Catamounts scored first Gardner Webb the very next day when Shaft walked and Tim Hallum reached cruising to an 8-4 win. base on a leadoff double. Blake Murphy then In game one against came to the plate and hit his second home run the Hawks, the Cats jumped out of the day, and his fourth of the season. This to an early 3-0 lead in the bottom homerun put the Catamounts in front early, 3- of the first after sophomore Grey 0. Gregory got on base with a leadoff single; junior Trey McDaniel took the plate and knocked a homerun out of the park for a 2-0 lead, which was his fifth homer of the season. Following the homerun, sophomore Blake Murphy walked and advanced to second on a throwing error. He would later score in the inning after sophomore Jonathan Greene reached base on an error. In the second inning, the Catamounts added another tun with Steven Stausbraughs 10" jack of the season. The Catamounts were in command early with a 4-0 lead over the Hawks, In the bottom of the second, nine men went to bat for Wester. The Cats used five hits to score five runs, which helped them increase their lead to 8-0. In the fifth, Shaft and junior Scott Ward hit RBI singles to make it 10-0 in favor of the Cats. After a wild pitch thrown by the Hawks, Scott Ward eventually scored the final run of the game, making it 11~ 0, the Catamounts fifth consecutive win In the two games against Hartford, Murphy went 5-for-7. with two homeruns and 10 RBI to lead the Catamounts past the Hawks in the double header sweep. In game one, senior Jeremy Ellenburg came out of the bullpen to pick up the victory for Western. The very next day, the surging Catamounts took the field against Gardner Webb, and Murphy continued his hustle by leading the Catamounts to an 8-4 victory. Murphy went 3-for-4 against Gardner Webb with four RBI to pace the Cats (12-9) to their sixth straight victory. | Gardner Webb took the lead early in the first inning, scoring two runs on three hits. However, in the bottom of the first, the Catamounts scored three runs of their own, taking advantage of two errors by the Bulldogs, and giving the Cats the lead 3-2. In the third, Trey McDaniel reached base, and Murphy hit a two run homerun to put the Cats up 5-2. This was Murphy's fifth homer of the season and his third in two days. However, the Hawks tied the game after scoring four runs in the top of the third. No matter how hard they tried, the Catamounts always seemed to be one step ahead of the Hawks. In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Cats took the lead back and were up 7-4, In the fifth inning, the Catamounts extended their lead to four runs after sophomore Barrett Shaft hit an RBI double. Once again, Hartford scored four runs in the sixth inning to tie the game at 8. In the bottom of the sixth the Catamounts scored four more runs to take the momentum away from the Hawks and to take the lead 12-8. The game was put out of reach when the Cats scored 12 runs in the bottom of the eighth In the bottom of the seventh, the Cats took a 7-3 after Shaft singled and Steven Strausbaugh doubled, sophomore Jason Haynes walked, which brought Shaft home. After another GWU error, Strausbaugh eventually scored The Catamounts gave up a run in the top of the sixth, but were able to keep the Bulldogs off of the scoreboard for the tana 52 es: wa - avin a . remainder of the game. Wester scored Fd of the ang 1001 Catone o Suns inaninning, Photo Credit: Mark Haskett 4 nin amare ne mem ree seventh mata In the ninth, the Hawks scored three runs to Up next for the Cats is a three game series against Southern make the final score read 24-12, Conference opponent Wofford. The series will be the final three games of a Itdid not get much prettierin game two for the Hawks. The Catamounts current nine game home stand for the Cats, recorded their first shutout of the season by cruising past the Hawks 11-0. After
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