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Winner Lander LANDER 22-10
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USCA USCA 15-17
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Lander LANDER
22-10
17
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USCA USCA
15-17
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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lander LANDER 0 3 0 2 3 3 1 0 5 17 17 1
USCA USCA 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 8 12 3

W: Jefferis, Jagger (5-3) L: Blayne Newman (0-4)

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Nick Winegard

Game Recap: Baseball | | Turner Kirby - Director of Athletic Communications

Lander Scores 17 Runs in Game One Win over USC Aiken

AIKEN, S.C. - The Lander baseball team scored in six of nine innings, including two or more runs in five of them, to take a 17-8 win over the USC Aiken Pacers in the first game of their Peach Belt Conference series on Friday evening at Roberto Hernandez Stadium.

Every Lander player who recorded at least one plate appearance had a hit, led by a trio of players with three hits apiece: Evan Wickeri (Middleburg, Fla.), Connor Droze (Roebuck, S.C.), and Caden Crews (Jansen Beach, Fla.).

Jagger Jefferis (Barnesville, Ohio) earned his fifth win of the season, pitching five innings while striking out eight and allowing four runs.

Lander (22-10, 10-3 PBC) jumped out to an early lead. A Garrett Chun (Jacksonville, Fla.) double, sandwiched between walks by Will McClellan (Anderson, S.C.) and Cooper Backman (Sarasota, Fla.), loaded the bases for Jackson Hoshour (Sumter, S.C.), who brought home two runs on an error by the Pacer shortstop. A Crews walk reloaded the bases for Taichi Nakao (Auckland, New Zealand), who hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0 in favor of the visitors.

Jefferis retired the Pacers (15-17, 6-7 PBC) with ease in the second and third innings, and the Bearcats rewarded him with another two runs in the fourth. Crews led off with a solo home run, and a throwing error by the shortstop off the bat of Grant Sherrod (Sumner, Wash.) brought Nakao home, making it 5-0.

USC Aiken cut the Lander lead down to two in the bottom of the fourth with a three-run homer, but the Bearcats responded with three more runs in the fifth. Nakao drove home a run on a groundout before RBI hits from Wickeri and Droze pushed the lead to 8-3.

The Pacers added another run in the bottom of the fifth, but Jefferis recorded a pair of strikeouts to end the threat.

Three more runs came across for Lander in the sixth, thanks to a bases-loaded walk from Wickeri, a Sherrod sacrifice fly, and a Droze RBI double, extending the lead to 11-4.

Nate Winterhalter (Venice, Fla.) entered in the bottom of the sixth, but two home runs allowed USC Aiken to trim the deficit to 11-7. However, Jackson Bryant (Anderson, S.C.) entered and got Lander out of the inning, preserving the four-run lead.

A Crews RBI double in the seventh stretched the lead back to 12-7, and the Bearcat bullpen kept the Pacers scoreless for the next two innings.

A five-run ninth inning, highlighted by RBI hits from Adam Love (Roswell, Ga.), Caleb McKitrick (Travelers Rest, S.C.), Wickeri, Sherrod, and McClellan, put the game out of reach. The Pacers managed to manufacture a run in the bottom of the ninth but got no closer.

Due to potential inclement weather on Sunday, the two teams will conclude the series tomorrow with a doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m. at Roberto Hernandez Stadium.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play LANDER USCA
LANDER TOP 2nd J. Hoshour reached on an error by ss (1-1 BF); C. Backman advanced to second; G. Chun scored, unearned; W. McClellan scored. 2 0
LANDER TOP 2nd T. Nakao flied out to cf, SF, RBI (0-0); J. Hoshour advanced to third; C. Backman scored, unearned. 3 0
LANDER TOP 4th C. Crews homered to left field, RBI (3-2 BFBFBF). 4 0
LANDER TOP 4th G. Sherrod reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (2-0 BB); E. Wickeri advanced to second on an error by ss; T. Nakao scored. 5 0
USCA BOT 4th Hobson homered to left field, 3 RBI (3-1 BBSB); Glisson scored; Thompson scored. 5 3
LANDER TOP 5th T. Nakao grounded out to ss, RBI (1-0 B); C. Crews advanced to third; J. Hoshour scored. 6 3
LANDER TOP 5th E. Wickeri singled through the left side, RBI (0-0); C. Crews scored. 7 3
LANDER TOP 5th C. Droze doubled to right center, RBI (2-2 BBFF); E. Wickeri scored. 8 3
USCA BOT 5th Molinaroli grounded out to ss, RBI (0-0); Bell scored. 8 4
LANDER TOP 6th E. Wickeri walked, RBI (3-2 FBBBKB); T. Nakao advanced to second; J. Hoshour advanced to third; C. Backman scored. 9 4
LANDER TOP 6th G. Sherrod flied out to lf, SF, RBI (2-1 KBB); J. Hoshour scored. 10 4
LANDER TOP 6th C. Droze doubled to left center, RBI (0-0); E. Wickeri advanced to third; T. Nakao scored. 11 4
USCA BOT 6th Hobson homered to center field, RBI (1-2 BKS). 11 5
USCA BOT 6th Yeomans homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-1 K); Casciato scored. 11 7
LANDER TOP 7th C. Crews doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-1 BK); J. Hoshour scored. 12 7
LANDER TOP 9th A. Love tripled to right field, RBI (3-1 BBBK); C. Backman scored, unearned. 13 7
LANDER TOP 9th C. McKitrick singled to center field, RBI (1-2 KBF); A. Love scored. 14 7
LANDER TOP 9th E. Wickeri singled up the middle, RBI (2-1 BKB); C. McKitrick scored, unearned. 15 7
LANDER TOP 9th G. Sherrod doubled to right center, RBI (0-1 K); E. Wickeri scored, unearned. 16 7
LANDER TOP 9th W. McClellan singled through the left side, RBI (1-0 B); C. Droze advanced to second; G. Sherrod scored, unearned. 17 7
USCA BOT 9th Graves flied out to cf, SF, RBI (0-2 FK); Sharp scored. 17 8

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