FARMVILLE, Va. – Behind an offense that powered a season-high three homers and a career-high nine strikeouts from sophomore Charlie McDaniel, the Presbyterian College baseball team defeated Longwood 7-5 on Thursday night at Buddy Bolding Stadium. Eric Toth and Joel Dragoo paced the offense with three hits apiece in the victory as Jeremiah Boyd, Brody Fahr, and Dalton Reeves each went deep on Thursday.
FINAL SCORE: Presbyterian 7, Longwood 5
LOCATION: Buddy Bolding Stadium (Farmville, Va.)
RECORDS: Presbyterian (14-18, 4-6 Big South) | Longwood (16-19, 7-3 Big South)
W: Charlie McDaniel (4-2) | L: Andrew Potojecki (6-2) | Save: Clark Dearman (3)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- PC got on the board in the first with an RBI groundout from Dalton Reeves to give the Blue Hose an early 1-0 advantage.
- The Blue Hose continued to push in front in the second with Brody Fahr's solo homer before a Jay Wetherington sac fly made it 3-0 after 1.5 frames in Farmville.
- Jeremiah Boyd connected on his fourth homer of the season to push the lead to 4-0 following the top of the third.
- Longwood got on the board in the third with a five-run frame to gain its first lead of the contest at 5-4.
- Joel Dragoo tied the game in the fifth with an RBI single to even it up at five apiece.
- In the seventh, PC regained the lead when Reeves put a charge into one deep into right field and pushed the Blue Hose out a 7-5 lead.
- Reeves's homer would be enough of a gap as Clark Dearman would total four strikeouts in the final two frames to get PC the 7-5 victory.
NOTABLES
- PC was led by Toth and Dragoo as both tallied three hits to lead the offensive attack on Thursday night. Toth has had 10 multi-hit games this season.
- Dragoo's three hits including his first career double were a career-high for the Blue Hose freshman.
- Thursday's game was the first three homer game of the season for the Blue Hose as Boyd connected on his team-high fourth long ball.
- Boyd has hit three of his four homers in the Blue Hose first 10 Big South matchups this season.
- Reeves tallied his third of the year and Fahr connected on his first career long ball.
- Fahr has now reached base safely in 25 straight games with his two-hit night.
- Sophomore Charlie McDaniel totaled a career-high nine strikeouts over seven innings en route to his fourth win of the season.
- Dearman totaled a season-high four strikeouts as he picked up his third save of the season tossing the final two scoreless innings.
- PC improved to 4-1 when hitting two or more homers. The Blue Hose also improved to 9-3 on the year when outhitting opponents.
UP NEXT
- We play game two of the three-game series with the Lancers on Friday at 6 p.m. from Buddy Bolding Stadium.
