GREENWOOD – The No. 3-ranked Lander baseball team continued its best season ever Tuesday night when the Bearcats defeated Anderson University, 7-5, in a non-conference game at Dolny Stadium.

Lander improves to 28-6 overall, while Anderson slips to 12-28.

The Bearcats' Ryan Jones (1-1) earned the win on the mound after striking out one, walking one and allowing one earned run on three hits in 3.1 innings pitched.

Anderson's Kyle Francis (2-4) took the loss after striking out two, walking one and allowing two earned runs on two hits in 3.1 innings.

The Trojans took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Eric Sanderson's sacrifice fly plated Brett Cash.

Lander tied it at 1-all in the bottom half of the inning when Patrick Grady's sacrifice fly sent Graham Ramos home.

Cash's two-RBI triple scored Paulk Como and Jonathan Zalud in the second inning to give Anderson a 3-1 lead.

Lander went ahead 4-3 in the second when, with bases loaded, Adam Davey went home when Patrick Grady was hit by a pitch, and Ramos and Erik Lunde scored on a pair of bases-loaded walks.

Anderson tied it at 4-all in the fifth on Sanderson's solo homer to left field.

Lander regained the lead at 6-4 in the fifth when Chris Hyatt's RBI double down the left field line plated Weston Lawing, and Jeff May went home on pinch hitter Tyler Wilson's sacrifice fly.

The Bearcats stretched their lead to 7-4 in the seventh on Hyatt's sacrifice fly that plated Colby Painter.

Anderson scored its final run in the ninth on Steven Cooper's RBI single.

For Lander, Ramos batted 2-for-4.

For Anderson, Sanderson went 2-for-3.