NEED TO KNOW:
Score: Piedmont 9, Berea 6
Records: Piedmont, 13-11-1; Berea 4-20

BEREA, Ky. - The Piedmont University baseball team moved to 5-1 in USA South play completing a series sweep at Berea Sunday with a 9-6 win. 

Brayden Simms earned the win while TYLER ROON picked up his first save of the season pitching the final four innings. The Lions took a commanding 5-0 lead in the first three innings, but the Mountaineers' offense came alive Sunday. 

Berea scored once in the third and added another pair of runs in the fourth making it a 5-3 Piedmont lead. The Lions had runners on the corners in the seventh inning and on a pickoff play back to first, HUNTER CAIN was out but CARTER BALLSTADT scored on the play. 

In the eighth, Piedmont added two more runs on an error after a hit by pitch and a walk. The Mountaineers managed three runs on four hits in the eighth but Roon shut down the comeback in the ninth.

Up next, the Lions will play at Birmingham-Southern Tuesday at 7 p.m.

TURNING POINT:
--Berea made it a close contest with a three-run eighth inning but TYLER ROON closed out the contest to earn the save. 

STANDOUT PERFORMANCES:
--Brayden Simms moved to 3-0 this season pitching five innings giving up eight hits and striking out six. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
--Piedmont had six hit batters in the contest. 

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