SALISBURY, N.C. - The Anderson University baseball team suffered a pair of setbacks, 4-3 and 2-0, to 23rd-ranked Catawba in South Atlantic Conference action Saturday afternoon at Newman Park.
The league-leading Indians improved to 18-5 overall and 11-1 in
the South Atlantic Conference while the Trojans slipped to 6-19,
2-10.
Nick Lomascolo (4-2) pitched seven full innings scattering eight
hits and three earned runs as he picked up the win. Craig Brooks
earned the save on a line-drive double play to third to end the
game.
Anderson took advantage of Lomascolo's shaky start in the first
inning scoring two to take the early lead. The junior left-hander
walked two and hit a batter and then gave up a single to left to
the Trojan's Brett Scarberry that manufactured the inning's only
runs.
Catawba gradually clawed its way back scoring a run in each of the
next two frames to level the score. Chris Dula scored in the second
off an Ethan Satterfield ground out while Ryan Bostian recorded a
solo shot to left center in the third.
The Trojans went ahead in the fifth on a Paul Como single that
scored Brett Cash. The Indians would answer in the seventh with
Bostian singling in Brett Underwood and Anderson starting pitcher
Landon Beck walking home Julio Zubillaga. The Trojans had just
three more hits the rest of the way.
Tuttle (1-1) earned the victory in the second contest hurling a
complete-game two-hit shutout to pick up the win. He fanned six and
walked three on just 81 pitches in the seven innings.
Catawba produced all of the offense it would need in the first
inning when Bostian scored on a Zubillaga double down the
left-field line. Zubillaga would later score on a one-out fielder's
choice play from Keaton Hawks.
Anderson starter Erick Sanderson took the loss although he pitched
a complete-game eight-hitter with just one walk.
Bostian, Zubillaga and Underwood each had three hits for the
Indians on the day as Bostian and Satterfield had two RBI's
apiece.
Tony Price was 3-for-7 on the afternoon, while Thomas Padro and Brett Cash were each 2-for-6. Catcher Brett Scarberry recorded a pair of RBI in game one
Anderson continues its four-game road swing with a matchup at
North Greenville on Wednesday. The Trojans and Crusaders are set to
start at 2 p.m.
