Baseball
Georgia College Wins PBC Baseball Tournament!
to the backstop, scoring the first run. A Nick Debo sac fly scored the
FLORENCE, SC – Georgia College scored five runs early and were cruis- second run and Drew Beaver doubled, brining in two more. Nick
ing with a 6-0 lead before UNC Pembroke scored five in the bottom Salisbury capped the scoring with an RBI groundout.
of the eighth, creating a dramatic finish for the Bobcats as they held Khan recorded only one out before being lifted for Brady Walsh
on to win the PBC Baseball Tournament on Saturday in Florence. The (S, 2). Walsh closed out the eighth and pitched a perfect ninth to
get the save.
Bobcats took the title 6-5, their third championship in the last five
Benson was named the Tournament MVP after going 3-for-4
years.
With the win, Georgia College (35-13) takes the PBC’s automatic with a pair of RBIs. He also made several key defensive plays at
shortstop. Clayten Ayers was 2-for-5 and Gentry 2-for-5 for the
bid to next week’s NCAA Tournament. UNC Pembroke (40-15), who
was ranked #5 in the most recent NCAA regional poll, should receive Bobcats.
UNC Pembroke was led by five players who collected two hits
an at-large bid. The NCAA Tournament field will be announced on
each, including Salsibury who was named to the All-Tournament
Sunday night.
The Bobcats got two runs in the very first inning, a leadoff single team. Rivera, Mobley, Beaver and Luke Jackson were the others.
from Cal Gentry an RBI triple from Brandon Benson and a sacrifice fly
from Logan Mattix. Benson singled home the third run in the second, Four PBC Baseball Teams Selected to NCAA Tourna-
then the Bobcats got two more in the fourth on an error and another ment
Mattix sacrifice fly. The final run came across in the seventh on another
UNCP error.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND – Four Peach Belt Conference baseball teams
UNC Pembroke starter Kyle Ramsey (L, 4-3) started the fourth
advanced to the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night as the champi-
inning but did not record an out. Reliever Hank Simpson made his
onship field was announced by the national office. North Georgia,
second long relief appearance of the tournament, going 6.0 innings USC Aiken, UNC Pembroke and Georgia College took four of the
and allowing three hits, one unearned run and struck out six with no seven spots in the Southeast Regional; #1 seed Mount Olive will
walks.
host the regional tournament beginning on Thursday.
GC starter Kane Keith (W, 2-0) scattered nine hits and kept the
North Georgia will be the #2 seed in the regional. The Night-
powerful UNCP lineup in check until the bottom of the eighth.
hawks (42-10) will meet seventh-seed Lincoln Memorial in the
UNCP’s Roberto Rivera and Jarratt Mobley had back-to-back singles opening round on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. The Railsplitters earned the
to start the eighth, followe by a walk to Aleman Saba to load the bas- South Atlantic Conference automatic qualification after winning the
es. Keith was lifted for closer Grant Khan, but Khan’s first pitch went conference tournament two weeks ago. Head coach Tom Cantrell’s
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