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Robson Pitches AC Past Mount Olive, 5-4

ANDERSON, S.C. -- Desmond Robson pitched a complete game, scattered nine hits, and pitched out of a ninth-inning jam to lead Anderson College to a 5-4 victory over Mount Olive in a CVAC game Saturday night. Clinging to a 5-4 lead, Anderson committed two of its three errors to open the top of the ninth, but AC catcher Jessie Whiteside picked off one runner and Robson got two ground outs to end the game. Robson (5-1) finished the game with two strikeouts and two walks. After Mount Olive took a 2-0 lead in the third, Anderson scored four times in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead for good. After a double play left runners at second and third, a passed ball allowed Kyle Lewis to reach first and Donavon Schmidt to score the first run of the inning. After Whiteside walked, Caleb Owen had a two-run single and Jacob Reid provided a run-scoring single. Owen, who was 2-for-5, was the only Anderson player with more than one hit. Lance Martin led Mount Olive's nine-hit attack with three hits in five trips and one RBI. Bryan Corbett and and Nick Paniccia both had two hits apiece for Mount Olive. Anderson improves to 16-22 overall and 5-10 in the CVAC, while Mount Olive falls to 16-22, 8-11. The two teams will wrap up the series Sunday with a two seven-inning games beginning at 1 p.m.