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2019 Baseball Seniors
6
North Georgia UNG 29-11, 16-8 PBC
18
Winner UNC Pembroke UNCP 19-22, 9-15 PBC
North Georgia UNG
29-11, 16-8 PBC
6
Final
18
UNC Pembroke UNCP
19-22, 9-15 PBC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
North Georgia UNG 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 6 7 0
UNC Pembroke UNCP 1 2 0 0 2 8 2 3 X 18 24 3

W: Ball, Nile (7-3) L: Cody Collett (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Todd Anderson, Associate AD/Communications & Strategic Initiatives

Baseball Hits Five Home Runs, Upends No. 8 North Georgia

PEMBROKE – The UNC Pembroke baseball team registered a season-high 24 hits and scored 18 times behind another solid outing from right-hander Nile Ball, and the Braves fended off a weekend sweep with an 18-6 rout of eighth-ranked and Peach Belt Conference leading North Georgia on Sunday afternoon at Sammy Cox Field.
 
The result gave the Braves (19-22, 9-15 PBC) their third win of the season over a top 5-ranked team while also stopping a three-game skid for the Black & Gold. The setback snapped a four-game winning skein for the Nighthawks (29-11, 16-8) who fell back into a first-place tie with Flagler in the PBC standings as well.

 
GAME SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE UNC Pembroke 18, North Georgia 6
PITCHERS WP: Nile Ball (7-3)  LP: Collett (2-1)  Save: None
RECORDS UNC Pembroke  19-22 (9-15 PBC); North Georgia  29-11 (16-8 PBC)

KEY INNINGS
BOT 2 Jarratt Mobley hit a solo homer with one out showing to put the Braves in front, 2-1, but River Ryan's two-out RBI single later in the frame stretched the lead out to two runs.
TOP 5 North Georgia utilized a trio of fielding errors to load the bases with two outs showing, and used a 3-run double from Crews Taylor to retake a lead it had surrendered in the bottom of the first.
BOT 5 Elijah Helton singled to lead off the home half of the sixth, and the Braves took the lead for good moments later when Connor Grainger hammered a 1-ball offering from UNG reliever Cody Collett over the trees in left field.
BOT 6 UNCP sent a dozen batters to the plate in a decisive 8-run sixth inning. The first eight batters of the frame all reached base safely, including back-to-back home runs from Ethan Baucom and Luke Jackson. Connor Grainger hit his second home run of the game as well.

UNCP LEADERS UNG LEADERS
Connor Grainger  4-6, 2 HR, 5 RBI
Elijah Helton  5-6, RBI
River Ryan  3-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Nile Ball  7.0 IP, ER, 7 K		 Taylor  2-5, HR, 4 RBI
Profit  2-4

 
 
UP NEXT
The Braves will close out a scheduled nine-game home stand on Tuesday when they battle Barton (27-18) at Sammy Cox Field. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.
 
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