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Evan McLean 041923
11
Winner UNC Pembroke UNCP 33-10
1
Catawba CAT 25-20
Winner
UNC Pembroke UNCP
33-10
11
Final
1
Catawba CAT
25-20
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UNC Pembroke UNCP 2 0 0 6 0 2 0 1 0 11 9 1
Catawba CAT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1

W: McLean, Evan (4-2) L: Marshall Raper (0-3)

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

No. 18 Baseball Uses Freebies Aplenty To Dispel Catawba

SALISBURY – The 18th-ranked UNC Pembroke baseball team registered nine hits and drew 15 free passes to fuel an opportunistic offense as the Braves tacked up nine runs, including a 6-run fourth inning, to cruise past Catawba, 11-1, on Wednesday evening at Newman Park.
 
It was the 10th win in the last 12 outings for the Braves (33-10) who have now won three-straight games in the all-time series with their region nemesis – their longest win streak against the Indians (25-20) since the 2011 campaign. Catawba has now dropped six of its last eight outings.
 
Sophomore Evan McLean (4-2) struck out six and surrendered just three hits and a lone earned run across five solid innings from the hill to grab the win for the Black & Gold. Relievers Tyler Strickland (4 strikeouts), Rhett Burley (3) and Moses Brown (3) combined to strike out 10 batters across four scoreless innings of work.
 
GAME SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE UNC Pembroke 11, Catawba 1
PITCHERS WP: Evan McLean (4-2) LP: Marshall Raper (0-3) Save: None
RECORDS UNC Pembroke 33-10; Catawba 25-20
KEY INNINGS
TOP 1 The Braves drew three walks in their first four at-bats of the evening to load the bases with just one out showing, and took the lead for good on Michael Kocen's sac fly to deep leftfield. Will Hood's RBI single with the next at-bat doubled the advantage.
TOP 4 UNCP sent a dozen batters to the plate amid a 6-run fourth inning that blew the game wide open. The Black & Gold mustered three hits and drew five free passes in the frame, including a pair of intentional walks, to fuel the frame, and got RBI at-bats from four different players.
UNCP LEADERS CC LEADERS
Joey Rezek 2-2, 2 2B
Jake Bradley 2-4, 2 RBI
Carlos Amezquita 1-1, 3 BB, 2 RBI
Evan McLean 5.0 IP, 6 K
 Drew Robertson 1-4, 2B, RBI
Reece Crump 1-2
Logan Rogers 1-3
 
 
UP NEXT
UNCP will close out the road portion of its 2023 regular season schedule this weekend when it heads to Wilson for a Conference Carolinas series against Barton (23-17, 15-9 CC). The squads will open up the weekend with a noon doubleheader on Saturday at Nixon Field.
 
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