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St. Andrews Takes Two From Anderson

LAURINBURG, N.C. -- St. Andrews Presbyterian College improved its Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference winning streak to four games after sweeping both ends of a doubleheader against league foe Anderson College on Monday afternoon, 4-2 and 7-6, at Clark Field. The two teams were scheduled to play a three-game weekend series but had to change it to two seven-inning games on Monday because of snow that fell this past weekend. With the victories the Knights improved to 8-5 overall and 4-1 in the CVAC while the Trojans, who have lost eight straight, fell to 3-12 and 0-5. A balanced attack helped St. Andrews to the 4-2 victory in the first game as nine different Knights recorded hits. SAPC took the first lead of the game in the third, scoring three runs on four hits and one walk. The Knights kept the momentum for most of the game with freshman leftie Ryan Curley keeping a no-hitter going for 4 1/3 innings. Back-to-back hits by Jared Taylor and Tony Graham in the fifth cut the deficit for the Trojans to 3-1. AC scored another run in the sixth as Jason Ratliff and F.A. Vildosola both drilled doubles. But Anderson could get no closer than 3-2. Stewart Redding supplied an insurance run for the Knights in the bottom half of the sixth driving in Demetrius Jordan, who lead the inning off with a triple to right field. Curley (2-2) picked up the win going 5 2/3 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and two walks while striking out three. Anthony Mehling secured the win for the Knights allowing only one hit in his third save of the season. Brett Youngblood (0-3) took the loss scattering four runs on nine hits and two walks. St. Andrews used four pitchers in a come from behind 7-6 victory in the second game. The Knights gave Anderson a 1-0 lead in the first with two fielding errors. The Trojans added three more runs in the second that was capped off with a two-run double by Ratliff. SAPC cut the lead to 4-2 after four innings, scoring a single run in both the third and fourth. The Knights would then take a 6-4 lead tallying four runs in the bottom half of the fifth. Will Clark and Brandon Taylor started the rally for the Knights, each reaching base in the fifth. Trent Sheppard and Mehling followed with singles that drove in Clark and Taylor. Redding capped the inning off with a two-run double that scored Sheppard and Mehling. Anderson rallied to tie the game at 6 in the top of the seventh. Graham led off with a triple and then scoring on a double by Jason Jones. After advancing to third on a groundout, Jones scored on a sacrifice fly by pinch hitter Cody Nye. In the bottom half on the inning, Taylor reached base with a lead-off walk by reliever Joe Hall. Hall would get two outs but would also load up the bases with two more walks. Then Marc Hammonds hit the game-winning single that scored Taylor. The loss was was Anderson's third in the last week in the final inning. Mehling (1-0) picked up the win in relief while Hall (0-2) took the loss. Anderson will travel to play USC Aiken on Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. Release Courtesy of St. Andrews Sports Information Season Statistics

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