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Erskine Downs Anderson, 10-7

ANDERSON, S.C. -- No. 14 Erskine used back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning to come from behind and beat Anderson University 10-7 Wednesday night at Anderson Memorial Stadium. Erskine trailed 5-4 going in the fifth when Matt Schneider hit a three-run blast down the right field line. John Bolding followed with a solo shot over the left field fence to give Erskine a 9-4. Erskine got on the scoreboard in the first when Keith Hill singled and stole second to start of the game. Erskine then got to sacrifice fly outs by Greg Huff and Brain Fogle to score Hill and take a 1-0 lead. Anderson answered when Blair Carson launched a three-run home run to left field that scored Derek Hipp and Alex Roberson to make it 3-1 in favor of AU. Anderson notched another run in the second on an RBI single by Hipp that scored Ed Johnson. The Trojans scored one more run in the third when Carson hit a led off double and scored on a Johnson infield single to make it 5-1. The Erskine offense woke up in the fourth inning when Schneider hit a RBI triple and scored on a Bolding single to right. After a Trojan error, Bolding scored when Matt Wurzer hit a sacrifice fly to right to cut the Anderson lead to 5-4. Erskine scored five in the fifth highlighted by the Schneider and Bolding home runs to take a 9-5 lead. Anderson scratched across one run in the sixth when Matt Hill single to left that scored Hipp to close the deficit to 9-6. Erskine responded in the seventh with one run on an Atlee Pearson RBI single, but Trojans answered in the bottom of the inning with an RBI double by Don Ballard to keep it a three-run game at 10-7. Anderson mounted a comeback in the ninth when Carson singled, but the comeback attempt ended with the tying run standing on first. Huitt Scarborough earned the win for Erskine by working 5 1/3 innings and allowing only three runs. Atlee Pearson earned the save for Erskine. Brady Peele took the loss for the Trojans. Anderson was led offensively by Carson, who was 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and three RBI. Carson was a triple shy of the cycle. Hipp had three singles in four at bats. Schneider led the Flying Fleet with four hits in four plate appearances, including a three-run home run. Schneider was a double shy of the cycle. Bolding went 3-for-5 with two RBI and three runs scored to contribute to the Flying Fleet attack. Erskine improves to 34-5 overall, while Anderson drops to 16-33.

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