ANDERSON, S.C. - Michael Raymond and Zach Kappler combined to pitch a four-hitter to lead Belmont Abbey to a 3-2 victory over Anderson College in the second game of a CVAC doubleheader Saturday night at Anderson Memorial Stadium. In the first game, Desmond Robson pitched a complete game and Jessie Whiteside hit a grand slam home run to lead Anderson to a 6-2 victory. The split keeps Belmont Abbey, 24-25 overall and 7-13 in the CVAC, one-half game in front of Anderson, 18-27 and 6-13, in the race for the eighth and final spot in the CVAC Tournament at Wilson, N.C., in two weeks. Raymond pitched the first six innings and allowed all four hits. He struck out six, walked four and allowed just one earned run to pick up the victory. Kappler pitched a perfect seventh inning to earn a save. Anderson's Brett Youngblood was a hard-luck loser. Youngblood, a senior from Travelers Rest, scattered 11 hits in seven innings and struck out three. The Crusaders took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on a single by Patrick Atwell and a triple by Alex Udwari. Anderson tied the game in the bottom of the first on a lead-off single by Caleb Owen, an errant pickoff throw by Raymond, and a sacrifice fly by Jonathan Pitts. Belmont Abbey used a pair of errors to score single runs in the second and fourth to take a 3-1 lead. After Owen threw out Chris Brake at the plate to end the sixth, Anderson got a single run in the sixth on a lead-off double by Pitts and two ground outs. Josh Haire, Derek Brown, and Robert Yero all had two hits apiece for Belmont Abbey in the second game. In the first game, Robson, a sophomore from Easley, scattered nine hits, struck out four, and walked two to improve his record to 6-1. Whiteside's blast came in the sixth inning. With Anderson clinging to a 2-1 lead, Donavon Schmidt and Clint Neville led off the inning with singles. After a sacrifice by Cody Nye, Jeremy McCauley received an intentional walk to bring Whiteside, a sophomore from Beaufort, to the plate. Whiteside's homer, his fourth of the season, over the left field fence gave Anderson a 6-1 lead. The Trojans scored single unearned runs in the first and second for a 2-0 lead. In the first, Owen singled and moved to second on an error, moved to third on a balk, and scored on a ground out. In the second with one out, Neville reached on an error but erased when he tried to advance to third on a single by Nye. Nye advanced to second on the throw and scored on a single by Jeremy McCauley. Owen was 2-for-4 for Anderson in the first game. Udwari and Yero both had two hits apiece for the Crusaders. Both of Udwari's hits were doubles. The two teams will conclude the three-game series Sunday at 1 p.m. Game One: Anderson 6, Belmont Abbey 2 Game Two: Belmont Abbey 3, Anderson 2 Anderson College Baseball Season Statistics