Need to KnowScore: Piedmont 3, Huntingdon 6Records: Lions 15-8 (3-6 USA South), Hawks 14-10 (5-4 USA South)Location: Demorest, Georgia - Loudermilk FieldDemorest, GAÂ - After taking an early lead on the Hawks, the Piedmont College baseball team was unable to keep pace with Huntingdon dropping the final game of the series 6-3 at Loudermilk Field. The Lions moved to 15-8 this season and 3-6 in USA South play with the loss.
BRECK DAVIDSON had a memorable day as he was 3-for-3 at the plate with his 14th double of the season, leading the team, and now sits atop the Piedmont College career record book for the most doubles in a career with 42. Davidson topped Mike Santowski's record of 41 from 2004-06 with a double in the fifth inning.
The Lions led 1-0 after a sac-fly by
EVAN GRESHAM in the bottom of the first, but the Hawks came back to tie it in the fourth inning at 1-1. Huntingdon would take the lead in the fifth inning putting up five runs and ending
ROSS MARTIN's day on the mound as the sophomore moved to 1-1 taking the loss.
Piedmont trailed 6-1 but added a run in the bottom of the fifth off Davidson's record-setting double and tacked on another in the eighth inning on a
CALEB NORTON sacrifice fly scoring Davidson.Â
Turning Point--A five-run fifth inning for the Hawks put away the game for Huntingdon making it 5-1 after the top of the fifth.Â
Standout Performances--
BRECK DAVIDSON was 3-for-3 in the contest with an RBI and a run scored as he doubled in the fifth inning to score
GRIFFIN OLSON and set the Piedmont career doubles record at 42.Â
Inside the Box Score--Huntingdon's starter Jared Gonzalez pitched eight innings giving up 10 hits and three runs tossing 146 pitches in the win for the Hawks.Â
News & Notes--This marked the first series Piedmont has been swept this season. Up NextThe Lions will be back in action at home Tuesday night taking on MIT at 7 p.m.
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