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Brady Ballstadt
Kyle Hess
6
Berea BEREA 2-7
15
Winner Piedmont PCM 6-5
Berea BEREA
2-7
6
Final
15
Piedmont PCM
6-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Berea BEREA 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 11 1
Piedmont PCM 4 0 2 1 0 1 5 2 X 15 15 1

W: Craft, David (2-0) L: Josh Wilson (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Danielle Percival: Director of Athletic Communications

Lions Sweep Berea to Open Conference Play with 15-6 Win Sunday

Need to Know
Score: Piedmont 15, Berea 6
Records: PC 6-5, 3-0 USA S., BC 2-7 0-3 USA S.
Location: Demorest, Georgia

DEMOREST, Ga. - The Piedmont College baseball team picked up a 15-6 win in the series finale Saturday against Berea College to sweep the conference opening series. The Lions move to 6-5 overall and above .500 this season while posting a 3-0 record in the USA South. 

It was once again the offense that led the way plating 15 runs on 15 hits. BRADY BALLSTADT was 3-for-5 with two triples and a home run, his second of the season. JUSTIN GROOVER hit a home run as well as his came in the second at bat of the game for Piedmont after TYLER SHELEY was walked in the bottom of the first. 

Piedmont led 4-1 after the first inning, but the Mountaineers made it 4-3 in the next frame. The Lions were in control 8-3 after six innings, but in the top of the seventh, the Mountaineers scored three runs on four hits to cut it to just a two run lead for PC.

The Lions would respond and score seven more runs to close out the contest and take the series finale 15-6.

DAVID CRAFT earned the win for Piedmont as the starter going five innings giving up six hits, three runs and two walks to move to 2-0 this season. Both SETH GEORGE and BUDDY GREEN pitched three-up, three-down innings as two of Piedmont's four relief pitchers used in the contest. 

Turning Point
--It was a two-run game heading into the bottom of the seventh inning but the Lions managed five runs on three hits and one error to claim a 13-6 lead. 

Standout Performances
--BRADY BALLSTADT was the lone Lion with more than two hits as he was 3-for-5 with two triples and a home run adding a team-high 4 RBI. 

Inside the Box Score
--Piedmont had nine extra base hits with two home runs and five triples in the game. 

News & Notes
--In all six wins for the Lions this season the team has scored 10 or more runs. 

Up Next
--Piedmont heads to William Peace for a weekend conference series beginning Friday, March 2 at 7 p.m.

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