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2
Emory EU 13-6
11
Winner Piedmont PUM 10-8
Emory EU
13-6
2
Final
11
Piedmont PUM
10-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Emory EU 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 2
Piedmont PUM 0 2 7 1 0 0 0 1 X 11 12 1

W: Courtwright, Zach (2-1) L: Zuckerman, Josh (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Danielle Percival: Assistant A.D. of Communications

Baseball Completes Series Sweep Against Emory With 11-2 Victory

NEED TO KNOW:
Score: Piedmont 11, Emory 2
Records: Piedmont, 13-6; Emory 10-8

DEMOREST, Ga. - The Piedmont University baseball team used another explosive offensive day to take the series sweep against Emory with an 11-2 victory Sunday at home. Piedmont scored in double digits in all three games against the Eagles and outscored Emory 33-8 in the three contests. 

ZACH COURTWRIGHT earned the win for the Lions moving to 2-1 this season after pitching 5.2 innings. He allowed just two earned runs while striking out four batters. 
 
The Lions fell behind 1-0 in the second inning but it did not take long to answer back. In the bottom of the frame, Piedmont scored two runs on three hits to take the lead and never trailed in the game again. 

In the third, the Lions left no doubt with seven runs on five hits including back-to-back doubles to start the inning from KOLTON HICKS and CARTER BALLSTADT. 

COLE ELLIS hit a bases-clearing triple in the inning as well as he was 2-for-5 with three RBI Sunday. Leading 9-1, Piedmont would score again in the fourth and eighth innings. 

Emory was unable to do any damage once the Lions went to the bullpen as BRADEN SIMMS pitched 2.1 clean innings striking out three and GARRETT BURTON pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to close out the game. 

Up next, Piedmont will begin conference play with a road series at CCS foe Belhaven beginning Thursday.

TURNING POINT:
--Piedmont had a seven run third inning that left no doubt as the Lions controlled the contest 9-1 after three. 

STANDOUT PERFORMANCES:
--TRACE CATE was the lone Lion to have a three hit game as he was 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored. 
 
NEWS AND NOTES:
--This marks the first three game series sweep over Emory since 2010 for the Lions. 

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