Mocksville, NC - Carolina University Baseball hosted Paine College on Tuesday, April 25th in a doubleheader. The Lions started off the first game with a homerun in the first inning, but the Bruins answered with 4 more runs to take the lead. CU scored another 2 homeruns in the third inning. The Bruins stayed hot at the plate, scoring one run in the fourth, a 2 run homerun in the fifth, and 2 more runs in the sixth. The Lions scored a few more runs late in the game, but it was not enough. CU finished their first game in a sweep with a score of 11-5.Â
The second game of the day had a similar energy as the Bruins scored an incredible number of homeruns. CU scored 4 runs by the third inning and another 4 in the fourth. The Lions struggled to connect at bat and were unable to hold back the Bruins. Paine scored 2 runs in the final inning. Carolina U scored another 5 runs by the 6th inning to close out the game with a score of 13-2.
Game 1: Nicholas Mackedon started for the Bruins on the mound. Mackedon struckout 2 batters and only had 1 earned run and a walk. Kaleb Whitaker pitched 3 innings and claimed the win. Whitaker also had 2 strikeouts and gave up 3 earned runs. Nicholas Mackedon went 3 of 5 at bat, had 3 RBIs, a homerun and a double. John Kehoe was 3 of 5 with a double. Alexiel Delgado was 3 of 4 with an RBI and 2 doubles. Deion Tubbs was 2 of 4 at the plate with an RBI. Grant Harris was 1 of 3 with a 3 run homerun. Kevin Greenwood and Logan Conklin were each 1 of 3 with a solo homerun. Â
Game 2: Victor Conrad started pitching for the Bruins and struckout 7 batters with no earned runs, claiming the win. Logan Conklin had a great game and went 4 for 4 with 3 RBIs. Nicholas Mackedon was 2 of 3 with a double and a homerun. Andres Hoyos was 1 of 2 with a 3 run homerun. Deion Tubbs went 1 of 2 with a 2 run homerun. Kevin Greenwood hit another homerun for 2 RBIs.Â
Carolina University Baseball qualified for the NCCAA South Regional Tournament which will be hosted by Trinity Baptist. Follow along on cubruins.com for further updates!
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