homer over the right-field fence. It was Berry’s fifth home run of the
season.
Montevallo threatened in the bottom of the fourth when Will Fulmer drew a leadoff walk, moved to second on a balk, and advanced to
third on Jackson Slaid’s ground out to the right side. But Jones got a
big out when he fanned Falcons cleanup hitter Benny Rodriguez. After
hitting Matthew Haskins with a pitch, Jones struck Brandon Marshall
out looking to end the inning.
The Bearcats seized the momentum, putting the game away with
six runs in the top of the fifth with five scoring after two were out.Austin Dunn drew a one-out walk, Thomas Bess singled to right, and Erik
Lunde singled to left to load the bases.
Grady plated the first run of the inning with a bases loaded walk.
And after McRee seemingly got a big out when he caught the hot-hitting Lewis looking on a 3-2 pitch, Berry smashed a two-out, two-run
double to left center. Weston Lawing followed with an RBI single to
right and stole second, and Ramos delivered a two-run single off diving
shortstop Dane Hutcheon’s glove to make it 8-0.
The Falcons loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth on a pair of
walks and an infield single. But with two outs, Lander second baseman
Ramos dove to his right to field Slaid’s sharp grounder up the middle
and while lying on the ground, he flipped to shortstop Lunde for the
force out.
Bearcats reliever Jay Robinson, making only his fifth appearance of
the season, retired Montevallo in order in the sixth with two strikeouts
and a ground out while adding another strikeout in the seventh.
Bryce Clifton relieved Robinson with two on and one out in the
seventh and walked Staid with the bases loaded to score Montevallo’s
first run of the game. But with the bases loaded and two out, Ramos
once again made a big play when he caught Rodriguez’s sinking liner at
second.
Lander put together its second six-run rally of the night in the
eighth, increasing its lead to 14-1.
Dunn was hit by a pitch, Bess reached on an error by the shortstop,
and Lunde walked to load the bases. Grady hit a two-run single, Berry
walked, and Lawing lofted a sacrifice fly to right on which Haskins made
a nice over-the-shoulder catch. Ramos followed with a three-run homer
well over the fence in left, giving him seven homers and 64 RBI on the
season.
Matt Thorpe relieved for the Bearcats in the bottom of the eighth,
striking out the first batter before walking Marshall and allowing Jeremy Hyde’s single. JD Waite relieved Thorpe and yielded Hutcheon’s
run-scoring ground out and Chase Bryant’s RBI single. Both runs were
charged to Thorpe.
Bess hit a leadoff double in the top of the ninth, moved to third on
Tyler Wilson’s single and scored Lander’s 15th run of the night on a wild
pitch.
Lander reliever Tyler Broome took the mound in the bottom of the
ninth and allowed two runs on three hits and a walk but struck out the
side, including Todd Thompson looking on a pitch on the outside corner
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2014 Baseball
All-Conference Team
First Team
1b – Connor Lewis, Lander
2b – Graham Ramos, Lander
2b - Daniel Fraga, UNC Pembroke
3b – Jordan Edgerton, UNC Pembroke
SS – Erik Lunde, Lander
C – Steve Hazel, Georgia College
DH – Jack Morrow, Young Harris
UT – Adam Moore, Young Harris
OF – Patrick Grady, Lander
OF – Jackson Oliver, Columbus St.
OF – Nick Kranick, Flagler
OF – Josh Rudnick, Young Harris
OF – Jake Sandlin, Georgia College
SP – Ethan Bader, Armstrong
SP – Dylan Wolchik, Lander
SP – Mike McGinnity, Columbus State
SP – Andy Sullivan, UNC Pembroke
SP – Derek Beasley, USC Aiken
RP – Jeffrey Stoner, Francis Marion
Second Team
1b – Clay Ardeeser, Georgia College
3b – Colby Painter, Lander
SS – Michael Wilson, Francis Marion
C – Dustin Averett, Columbus State
DH – R.J. Dennard, Armstrong
UT – Jimmy Obermark, Columbus State
OF – Tyler Moore, USC Aiken
OF – Drew Cole, UNC Pembroke
OF – Brendan