Rome, GA - The Highland Cavaliers are still searching for their first victory of the 2010 season as they fell in a double header to Berry 13-3 and 3-2 in baseball action on Saturday. Luis Roa collected four hits for UVa-Wise in the double header while junior D'Andre Bussey shined on the mound. Bussey threw five innings of three run baseball in his first start of the season.
Game One: UVa-Wise fell behind early as Berry struck for three runs in the home half of the first. The score would remain 3-0 until UVa-Wise picked up a single run in the fourth. Berry however answered the run with a run of their own in the bottom half. In the fifth UVa-Wise cracked the scoreboard again by plating two runs. This time, the Vikings pushed seven runs across to push the game out of reach. UVa-Wise was lead in the game by Roa who went 3-3, Cody Bentley and Bryan Hylton connected for rbi's.
|
Score by Innings |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
- |
R |
H |
E |
|
University of Virginia's |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
- |
3 |
9 |
0 |
|
Berry College |
3 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
- |
13 |
12 |
0 |
|
Winner- Gray, Casey (1-1) |
Loser- Crosby, Ryan (0-1) |
Save- |
|
WP- Gray, Crosby(2) |
PB- Meier, Bush |
BK- |
|
HBP- Gray, Crosby, Kanode(2) |
|
U- |
Game Two: In game two, UVa-Wise jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the visiting half of the first. However, the Highland Cavaliers could not hold on to the lead as the Vikings answered back with a single run in their half of the inning. The game would remain 1-1 until the third when each team would each score one run a piece in their half of the frame. Berry would eventually take 3-2 lead in the fifth and use that run to hold on for the victory.
| Score by Innings |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
- |
R |
H |
E |
| University of Virginia's |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
2 |
9 |
0 |
| Berry College |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
x |
- |
3 |
8 |
1 |
| Winner- McCalley, Matthew (3-0) |
Loser- Bussey, D'Andre (0-1) |
Save- |
| WP- |
PB- Meier |
BK- |
| HBP- Bussey(4) |
| U- |
T- 01:24 |
A- 167 |
Cody Bentley lead Uva-Wise in game two with a 2-3 performance at the plate. On the mound, D'Andre Bussey threw five innings of three run baseball. Reliever Jonathon Cox came in and pitched a scoreless inning of relief. UVa-Wise will be in action again at home against Alice Lloyd on Wednesday. First pitch is set for 1:00 p.m. for game one of the double header.