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Bearcats baseball completes PBC sweep against YHC

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YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – The No. 13-ranked Lander baseball team held Young Harris College to just two hits Sunday afternoon and completed its three-game Peach Belt Conference series sweep of the Mountain Lions, 12-2, at Zell B. Miller Field.

The Bearcats improve to 13-1 overall and 5-1 in the PBC, while Young Harris drops to 6-8, 0-3.

Mason McCullough (1-0) earned the win for Lander, striking out nine, walking two and allowing two earned runs on one hit in five innings pitched.

The Mountain Lions' Taylor Topping (1-2) was tagged with the loss after striking out three, walking two and allowing seven earned runs on 10 hits in 3.1 innings.

Lander took a 3-0 lead in the first inning when Thomas Berry singled in Patrick Grady, and Graham Ramos' triple plated Berry and Connor Lewis.

The Bearcats stretched the lead to 6-0 in the second on Erik Lunde's sacrifice fly and RBI doubles by Grady and Berry.

The Bearcats made it 8-0 with one run each in the third and fourth innings after Thomas Bess scored on a failed pickoff attempt and Lawing drove in Lewis.

Young Harris cut the lead to 8-2 in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Adam Moore and an RBI single by Jack Morrow.

Lander erupted for four more runs in the eighth. Lunde went home via a hit by pitch on Berry, Lawing doubled in Lewis and Grady, and Ramos drove in Berry with an RBI single.

For Lander, Grady batted 4-for-5, Lawing 3-for-5 and Lunde and Berry 2-for-4.

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Players Mentioned

Thomas Berry

#14 Thomas Berry

C/1B
5' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore
Thomas Bess

#4 Thomas Bess

OF
5' 11"
Junior
Patrick Grady

#24 Patrick Grady

OF/LHP
6' 0"
Senior
Connor Lewis

#17 Connor Lewis

1B
6' 3"
Senior
Erik Lunde

#6 Erik Lunde

INF
5' 9"
Senior
Mason McCullough

#16 Mason McCullough

RHP
6' 4"
Junior
Graham Ramos

#5 Graham Ramos

INF
6' 0"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Thomas Berry

#14 Thomas Berry

5' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore
C/1B
Thomas Bess

#4 Thomas Bess

5' 11"
Junior
OF
Patrick Grady

#24 Patrick Grady

6' 0"
Senior
OF/LHP
Connor Lewis

#17 Connor Lewis

6' 3"
Senior
1B
Erik Lunde

#6 Erik Lunde

5' 9"
Senior
INF
Mason McCullough

#16 Mason McCullough

6' 4"
Junior
RHP
Graham Ramos

#5 Graham Ramos

6' 0"
Senior
INF