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AMERICUS, Ga. – Zach Barron's two-run single in the first inning gave Georgia Southwestern the early edge, but the UNC Pembroke baseball team rallied for seven consecutive runs behind Kyle Boraski's third-straight quality start to even up the weekend series with a 7-2 win over the Hurricanes on Saturday evening.
 
Four different players recorded multi-hit nights at the plate for the Braves (22-11, 6-8 PBC), including Drew Beaver who walked twice and drove in two runs on a 2-for-3 hitting line. Roberto Rivera (2-for-5), Ethan Baucom (2-for-4) and Alex Simpson (2-for-4) also turned in two-hit showings for the Black & Gold.
 
Three different players turned in 2-for-5 outings to pace Georgia Southwestern (13-19, 6-8).
 
Boraski (3-2) struck out four and scattered five hits and a pair of earned runs over six innings from the hill to grab his third-straight win in as many starts, while Hank Simpson logged his second save of the season with three innings of relief. Dylan Brown (2-5) yielded five runs (three earned) on six hits and eight walks to take the loss for the hosts.
 
Barron's two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the first inning allowed Georgia Southwestern to grab a quick 2-0 lead, but the Braves pushed across lone runs in the next three innings to grab a lead they would not relinquish. The Black & Gold added a pair of insurance runs in the sixth thanks to a costly fielding error and a walk with the bases loaded, and padded its lead out to 7-2 on Beaver's RBI knock with two outs in the eighth.
 
Georgia Southwestern put its first two batters aboard in the ninth and eventually pushed three runs across the plate thanks to a pair of hits and an ill-timed throwing error.
 
The squads will play the series rubber game on Sunday at Hurricane Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.