GREENWOOD – The Anderson Trojans would score three runs in the seventh and eighth innings, both with two outs, to first tie and then eventually overtake the Lander baseball team 9-5 at Dolny Stadium Tuesday night.
Will McClellan led the way with two hits against Anderson while bringing home one run. Oliver Zohn had a three-RBI game against the Trojans with one hit.
Lander and Anderson would both go scoreless in the first inning before the Trojans struck first in the top of the second inning scoring with an RBI single finding its way to center field.
The Bearcats would score four runs in the bottom of the second, all with two outs. After the first two batters for Lander went down, Dawson Campbell would draw out an 11-pitch walk before Matthew Burgess drew a walk to put two Bearcats on. Ross McCurrley would tie the game at 1-1 with an RBI single to left field to score Campbell before a double from Oliver Zohn would clear the bases later in the inning for Lander to bring home three runs for the Blue and Gold and give Lander a 4-1 lead.
Anderson would score its second run of the game in the top of the fifth on a ground ball hit to Ethan Wilder at short to bring home a runner from third.
Anderson would tie the game with three runs in the seventh. After a balk put a pair of runners in scoring position, a single up the middle would score two runs to make it a 5-4 game for Lander. Another single in the inning would score the tying run as the Bearcats and Trojans were tied 5-5 in the top of the seventh.
The lead swung back to the Trojans in the top of the eight as a hard-hit single up the middle would plate a runner from third to give Anderson a 6-5 advantage.
Anderson brought home one run in the ninth after the Bearcats picked off a runner from first in a run down, but a Trojan was able to come home from third.
Dawson Campbell pulled double duty against Anderson as he served as the DH and pitcher the first 4.2 innings of the game. Campbell went 4.2 innings where he allowed two runs, all earned while striking out one. Tyler Overholt took the loss to go to 0-1 on the season. Zach Pellegrino threw 1.1 innings of scoreless baseball with two strikeouts. Matthew Ellis, Garrett Major and Jackson Bryant all saw relief appearances.
The Lander baseball team will return to Dolny Stadium on Friday, February 17 to host the USC Beaufort Sand Sharks for a PBC series for the first time in program history.
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