Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Lander University

HOME OF THE LANDER UNIVERSITY BEARCATS #CLAWSUP

Baseball

Painter's walk off homer beats Newberry in extra innings

Box Score

GREENWOOD – Lander's Colby Painter smacked a two-run homer over the right field wall in the 10th inning Wednesday night to give the No. 8 ranked Bearcats a come-from-behind 12-10 non-conference victory over Newberry in a non-conference game at Dolny Stadium.

Lander improves to 9-2 overall, while Newberry slips to 7-6.

Trailing 10-8, the Bearcats forced the extra inning on Austin Dunn's two-RBI single in the ninth that scored Jeff May and Weston Lawing. With bases loaded and one out, Newberry first baseman Albert Baur threw a force out at the plate and Patrick Grady flied out to end the inning.

Jeremy Jansen (1-0) was awarded the win for the Bearcats after striking out one, walking one and allowing one hit in one inning pitched.

Newberry's Matt Chapman (0-1) took the loss after walking two and allowing two runs , one earned, on one hit in one inning pitched.

Newberry took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Baur's two-run homer over the right field wall.

The Bearcats evened the score at 2-all on Erik Lunde's two-run shot which landed in almost the same spot as Baur's.

Newberry regained the lead at 4-2 in the second when Chas Goodwin's RBI single plated Jermale Paige and Goodwin later scored on Anthony Siler's sacrifice fly.

Lander trimmed the lead to 4-3 in the fourth after Chris Hyatt singled and later scored on a Newberry fielding error.

In the next two innings, the Wolves stretched their lead to 8-3 on RBI singles by Nolan Schrenker and Baur in the fifth, then, with bases loaded in the sixth, Goodwin scored on a fielder's choice and Schrenker went home on a wild pitch.

Lander cut it to 8-6 in the sixth after Painter singled and later scored on a Newberry throwing error, and Lunde's RBI single plated pinch runner Ryan McNulty and Ian Harvey.

Brandan Sheridan's RBI single in the seventh gave Newberry a 9-6 lead.

With bases loaded and no outs in the eighth, Lander trimmed the lead to 9-8 when Dunn scored on a groundout and Grady's RBI double scored Harvey.

Newberry went up 10-8 in the ninth on Sheridan's RBI single.

For Lander, Painter batted 3-for-6 with two RBI and Lunde went 3-for-6 with four RBI.

For Newberry, Nolan Schrenker went 3-for-5, Paige 2-for-3, Goodwin , Sheridan and Cramner all batted 2-for-4 and Baur 2-for-5.

Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Ian Harvey

#3 Ian Harvey

OF
5' 10"
Junior
Austin Dunn

#18 Austin Dunn

C
6' 0"
Sophomore
Patrick Grady

#24 Patrick Grady

OF/LHP
6' 0"
Junior
Chris Hyatt

#40 Chris Hyatt

C
5' 11"
Sophomore
Jeremy Jansen

#37 Jeremy Jansen

RHP
6' 5"
Senior
Weston Lawing

#39 Weston Lawing

RHP/1B
6' 3"
Sophomore
Erik Lunde

#6 Erik Lunde

INF
5' 9"
Junior
Jeff May

#19 Jeff May

C
6' 2"
Senior
Ryan McNulty

#34 Ryan McNulty

OF
5' 11"
Junior
Colby Painter

#32 Colby Painter

3B
6' 2"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Ian Harvey

#3 Ian Harvey

5' 10"
Junior
OF
Austin Dunn

#18 Austin Dunn

6' 0"
Sophomore
C
Patrick Grady

#24 Patrick Grady

6' 0"
Junior
OF/LHP
Chris Hyatt

#40 Chris Hyatt

5' 11"
Sophomore
C
Jeremy Jansen

#37 Jeremy Jansen

6' 5"
Senior
RHP
Weston Lawing

#39 Weston Lawing

6' 3"
Sophomore
RHP/1B
Erik Lunde

#6 Erik Lunde

5' 9"
Junior
INF
Jeff May

#19 Jeff May

6' 2"
Senior
C
Ryan McNulty

#34 Ryan McNulty

5' 11"
Junior
OF
Colby Painter

#32 Colby Painter

6' 2"
Sophomore
3B