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Brady Ballstadt
Will Fagan
15
Winner Piedmont PCM 19-6, 10-3 USAS
5
Berea BEREA 7-14, 3-8 USAS
Winner
Piedmont PCM
19-6, 10-3 USAS
15
Final
5
Berea BEREA
7-14, 3-8 USAS
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Piedmont PCM 0 5 0 2 0 4 1 0 3 15 15 1
Berea BEREA 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 11 1

W: Janofsky, Will (1-0) L: J. Wilson (2-3)

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

Lions Roll Mountaineers in 15-5 Victory

NEED TO KNOW:
Score: Piedmont 15, Berea 5
Records: Piedmont, 19-6; Berea 7-14
 
BEREA, Ky. – For the second straight game, the Piedmont College baseball team reached double figures against Berea winning 15-5 over the Mountaineers Saturday. 

The Mountaineers struck first off starter RYAN COX with a run on two hits in the bottom of the first. A pair of singles and a walk put Berea ahead 1-0 but the lead was shortlived as the Lions stormed back in the second. With something to prove, Piedmont pounced on the Mountaineers with five runs in the frame to claim a 5-2 lead. 

TYLER BURDETTE doubled to start the inning, stole third and was driven in on a FOWLER BROOKS sac fly. The other four runs the Lions managed in the second all came with two outs as Piedmont produced three singles and was gifted two walks to claim a 5-2 lead in the second.

Cox allowed just four hits total until the fifth inning when he allowed four hits, all singles, to make it 7-5. These two teams singled each other to death as 11 of the first 14 hits in the game were singles. 

Piedmont again used the Mountaineers' success as momentum to create a big inning with four runs in the top of the sixth to extend the lead to 11-5. ANDREW BURDEN hit a 2-RBI triple in the inning as he led the team with four RBI in the game. 

The Lions added one in the seventh and another three in the ninth with four walks in the ninth. 
 
Up next, the series finale will be Sunday at noon.
 
TURNING POINT:
-- A big inning in the second opened up the gates and Piedmont poured it on for the second game in a row to take the series.

STANDOUT PERFORMANCES:
-- JONATHEN BURKETT and BRADY BALLSTADT both had three hit performances.
-- Ballstadt now holds the career record in doubles, runs, RBI and hits breaking the RBI and hits record over the weekend. 

NEWS AND NOTES:
-- Piedmont has been walked 28 times in two games v. Berea.
-- For the seventh time in 13 league games, Piedmont has reached 10+ runs. 
 
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