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Jones Erskine
Bobby Williams
8
Winner Belmont Abbey BAC 21-12, 12-6 CC
7
Mount Olive UMO 18-12, 9-7 CC
Winner
Belmont Abbey BAC
21-12, 12-6 CC
8
Final
7
Mount Olive UMO
18-12, 9-7 CC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Belmont Abbey BAC 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 8 9 1
Mount Olive UMO 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 11 2

W: Evan Campbell (1-1) L: Irwin, Caleb (3-3) S: Avery Short (5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

UMO Baseball Comeback Comes Up Short In Series-Opener

Mount Olive, N.C. - The University of Mount Olive baseball team fell to Belmont Abbey College 8-7 Friday night at Scarborough Field. UMO moves to 18-12, 9-7 while BAC moves to 21-12, 12-6.

GAME INFORMATION
Mount Olive was shellshocked from the first inning as Belmont Abbey started the contest with a first pitch home run to left. 

UMO recovered and took their only lead in the third on a sacrifice fly from jack Casbarro and an RBI-single from Alden Cottle. The Trojans held a 4-1 advantage until the seventh when the Crusaders took a 5-4 lead. After a three spot in the seventh BAC added three more in the eighth to take their largest lead at 8-4.

Mount Olive made a charge in the final frame but came up one run short and dropped game one of the series 8-7.

TROJAN LEADERS
Cottle led UMO with two RBI off his 3-for-5 day at the plate. Caleb Irwin (3-3) was pinned with the loss in relief.

ON DECK
The Trojans finish the three-game series against Belmont Abbey Saturday at noon at Scarborough Field.

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