KANNAPOLIS – The UNC Pembroke baseball team sent its entire order to the plate en route to tacking up a 6-spot in the second inning, but Queens rallied all the way back and eventually pushed across the winning run on an error in the bottom of the eighth to stun the Braves, 8-7, on Wednesday afternoon at Intimidators Stadium.
The setback was the seventh-straight road loss for the Braves (8-10). The Royals (5-11) have now strung together consecutive victories for the first time this season.
| GAME SUMMARY |
| FINAL SCORE |
Queens 8, UNC Pembroke 7 |
| PITCHERS |
WP: Schrenk (1-0) LP: Brandon Winstead (1-1) Save: Fries (1) |
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| RECORDS |
UNC Pembroke 8-10; Queens 5-11 |
| KEY INNINGS |
| TOP 2 |
The Braves sent their entire order to the plate in a 6-run frame and got RBI knocks from River Ryan (single), Kevon Perkins (groundout) and Luke Jackson (sac fly). UNCP also scored a trio of runs as a direct result of three different errors by the Royals in the inning. |
| BOT 3 |
Queens cut its deficit in half with three unearned runs in the third. The Royals got one-out singles from Alex Sexton and Chase Hager, and then loaded the bases on a costly fielding error by the Black & Gold. Nick Melton's bases-clearing two-out double later in the frame dealt the biggest blow. |
| BOT 5 |
The Royals put a pair of runners into scoring position with its first three at-bats of the inning, and then pushed a run across on a wild pitch. Nick Melton's one-out sacrifice fly brought the hosts to within one score, 6-5. |
| TOP 6 |
River Ryan hit a one-out triple to the gap in centerfield, and the Braves went back out in front by two runs on Luke Jackson's two-out RBI single through the left side. |
| BOT 7 |
Dominic Ford hit a one-out RBI single to plate Chase Hager from second base, and Greyson Haller added a sacrifice fly later in the frame to knot the score back up. |
| BOT 8 |
UNCP reliever Brandon Winstead needed just four pitches to register the first two outs in the home-half of the eighth inning, but Chase Hager tripled to the gap in right field with the next at-bat and scored on a costly throwing error by the visitors. |
| UNCP LEADERS |
YHC LEADERS |
River Ryan 2-4, 3B, 2 R
Luke Jackson 1-3, 2 RBI
Connor Grainger 1-3, BB, 3B
Hank Simpson 2.0 IP, 0 R, 3 K |
Hager 3-3, 3B, 4 RBI
Ford 2-5, RBI, 3 R
Melton 1-2, BB, 2B, 4 RBI
Harrison 3.0 IP, H, 4 K |
| UP NEXT |
| The Braves will jump back into Peach Belt Conference play this weekend when they host a three-game series with third-ranked Columbus State (12-4, 3-0 PBC) at Sammy Cox Field. The squads will open up the set with a 5 p.m. outing on Friday. |
