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PFEIFFER SPORTS INFORMATION
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
RESULTS VS. UNC-PEMBROKE (2008-02-19 14:30:00)

Falcons Defeat Braves
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
Misenheimer, NC---Will Davis drove in five to lead Pfeiffer to a 9-4 win over UNC-Pembroke Tuesday afternoon in non-conference baseball action. Falcon starter Zack Strickland picked up his second win with seven strong innings on the mound. Pfeiffer is now 9-4 on the season.

Pembroke picked up an unearned run in the first to take a quick lead.

The Falcons came back in the third to tie the game on a Bryan Braxton RBI.

Coker hit a two-run home run for Pembroke in the fourth as the Braves took a 3-1 lead.

The Falcon bats exploded in the bottom of the fifth. A walk, single, walk, single, double and single led to four Falcon runs with Davis' two-run double the highlight.

Pembroke scored once in the sixth but Pfeiffer came back with four more in their half of the sixth. Davis again was the catalyst with a three-run home run.

Zack Strickland improved to 2-0 with seven strong innings on the mound. He gave up only three earned runs while striking out four. Brett Richardson pitched two scoreless innings in relief.

Pfeiffer will host Carson-Newman on Wednesday in a double-header starting at 1:00 pm.

UNC-Pembroke at Pfeiffer Feb 19, 2008 at Pfeiffer University UNC-Pembroke 4 Pfeiffer 9 Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Mirra lf................. 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 Strickland ss............ 3 3 1 0 2 0 1 4 0 Dietrich cf.............. 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Pou rf................... 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Morales ss............... 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 7 0 Braxton dh............... 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Gathman 1b............... 3 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 2 Coke cf.................. 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 Whitman dh............... 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 Marsh cf................ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Locklear c............... 4 1 2 0 0 1 6 0 1 Davis 1b................. 4 2 2 5 0 0 12 0 4 Bentley rf............... 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 McGarity lf.............. 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 Funk rf................. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Groce 3b................. 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 Coker 2b................. 4 1 1 2 0 0 4 5 1 Smith c.................. 4 0 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 Porricelli 3b............ 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 Brown 2b................. 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 3 King p................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Strickland p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Rivera p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Richardson p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 34 4 10 4 2 5 24 15 6 Totals................... 33 9 11 8 5 5 27 15 7 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- UNC-Pembroke........ 100 201 000 - 4 10 2 Pfeiffer............ 001 044 00X - 9 11 2 ------------------------------------------- E - Morales; Gathman; Groce; Brown. DP - UNCP 3; PUBB 4. LOB - UNCP 6; PUBB 7. 2B - Bentley; Strickland; Davis. HR - Whitman; Coker; Davis. HBP - Coke; Groce. SH - Dietrich. UNC-Pembroke IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Pfeiffer IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- King................ 5.0 8 7 7 5 3 22 29 Strickland.......... 7.0 8 4 3 0 4 28 29 Rivera.............. 3.0 3 2 2 0 2 11 11 Richardson.......... 2.0 2 0 0 2 1 6 8 Win - Strickland. Loss - King. Save - None. HBP - by King (Coke); by King (Groce). PB - Smith.