ANDERSON, S.C. -- Anderson University rallied from a 9-4 deficit to beat Pfeiffer University 11-10 in the seven-inning second game and sweep a CVAC doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Anderson Memorial Stadium. In the first game, Jonathan Pitts drove in three runs and John Mac White and Don Ballard drove in two runs apiece to lead the Trojans to an 11-8 victory. The sweep snaps a three-game losing streak for Anderson and improves the Trojans to 12-20 overall and 5-4 in the CVAC. Pfeiffer falls to 10-23, 5-9. Anderson jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning of the second game, but Pfeiffer answered with five runs in the third and four runs in the fourth to seize a 9-4 lead. Bryan Braxton, who was 4-for-4 and drove in four runs for the Falcons, had a two-run single in the third and a two-run homer in the fourth. Chris Dove had a two-run triple in the third for the Falcons. Anderson answered Pfeiffer's four-run fourth with four runs in the home half of the frame. The big hits in the inning for the Trojans were a two-run double by Jessie Whiteside and a two-run triple by Cody Nye. After Pfeiffer scored a single run in the sixth to increase its lead to 10-8, the Trojans used two infield errors, two singles, a walk, and a hit batter to push across three unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth to complete the comeback. Will Cheatham allowed one hit in two innings to pick up the victory for Anderson. Whiteside, Josh Harrison, and Tony Graham had two hits apiece for the Trojans in the second game. In the first game, Anderson scored four runs in the fourth to take a 4-1 lead. Solo home runs by Mike McClain in the fifth and Braxton to lead off the sixth cut the Anderson lead to 4-3. The Falcons used two singles, a sacrifice, and a fielder's choice later in the sixth to tie the game at 4. A run-scoring single by Ballard in the sixth and a two-run homer by Pitts in the seventh put Anderson back in front, 7-4. Pfeiffer tallied two unearned runs in the eighth, but Anderson came back with four runs in its half of the eighth for an 11-6 lead. Anderson starter Chris Pitts pitched to one batter in the eighth before being lifted. Pitts scattered nine hits and allowed five runs, four earned, in seven innings. Trailing 11-6 in the ninth, Pfeiffer loaded the bases with no outs. After a strikeout, Braxton provided a two-run single to cut Anderson's lead to 11-8. But Cheatham, the fifth Trojan pitcher of the game, entered the game and struck out the final two Pfeiffer batters to earn a save. Whiteside and Pitts had two hits apiece for Anderson in the first game. Dove had three hits in five trips and Braxton had two hits and three RBI in the first game for the Falcons. Pfeiffer finished the two games with 28 hits to Anderson 19. The two teams will play the third game of the series Sunday at 1 p.m. 2006 Anderson University Baseball Statistics
June 6, 2006
Rutland Joins AU Baseball Staff
May 17, 2006
Anderson Wins Messick Award
May 10, 2006
Anderson Releases Spring Athletic Honor Roll
April 21, 2006
Trojans Drop Two To Fall Out Of CVAC Tourney
April 18, 2006
Trojans Finish On High Note, Rip Lander, 12-6
April 18, 2006
AU Athletics Holds Honors Night
April 17, 2006
Anderson Rolls Past Erskine, 12-7
April 15, 2006
White's Big Day Fuels Anderson Comeback
April 14, 2006
Pitts' Four-Hitter Controls Cobras
April 11, 2006
Two Big Innings Sink Jaguars
April 9, 2006
Late Runs Lead Limestone To Victory
April 8, 2006
Robson's Four-Hitter Gives Anderson A Split
April 6, 2006
Saints Complete Two-Game Sweep Of AU
April 5, 2006
North Georgia Rolls Past Anderson, 10-2
April 4, 2006
Anderson Rallies To Beat Southern Wesleyan
April 2, 2006
Belmont Abbey Completes Sweep
April 1, 2006
Abbey Sweeps Trojans
March 29, 2006
Six Anderson Pitchers Handcuff SWU
March 28, 2006
Aiken's Pignatiello Throws No-Hitter Against AU
March 27, 2006
Lewis, Nye Lead Anderson Past Limestone
March 26, 2006
Knights Salvage Final Game Of Series, 13-4
March 25, 2006
Robson's Shutout Leads Anderson To Sweep
March 23, 2006
Anderson Comeback Nips Jaguars
March 22, 2006
Erskine Slips Past Anderson, 6-5
March 19, 2006
McClain Leads Pfeiffer To Rout Of Anderson
March 18, 2006
Trojans Take Two From Pfeiffer
March 16, 2006
McCann Drives In Five To Lead Lander Past AU
March 13, 2006
Mount Olive Takes Third Game Of Series
March 11, 2006
Trojans Split With Mount Olive
March 8, 2006
UNCP Takes Game Two Of Series
March 7, 2006
Trojans Bomb Braves, 20-11
March 5, 2006
Upstate Doubles Its Way Past Anderson
March 4, 2006
Trojans Split With Division I Kennesaw State
March 2, 2006
Anderson Wins Slugfest Against PC, 17-12
February 28, 2006
Catawba Crushes Anderson
February 27, 2006
Anderson, Erskine Split Doubleheader
February 24, 2006
Fleet Roughs Up Trojans In Series Opener
February 22, 2006
Anderson Loses A Wild One To SWU
February 21, 2006
Eagles Blank Anderson, 8-0
February 19, 2006
Anderson, Newberry Split Again
February 18, 2006
Anderson, Newberry Split Doubleheader
February 16, 2006
AU Places 24 On Academic All-CVAC Team
February 16, 2006
PC Extends Anderson Losing Streak To Four
February 12, 2006
Columbus State Sweeps Anderson
February 11, 2006
Columbus State Takes Series Opener
February 9, 2006
Anderson Rallies To Beat USC Upstate, 12-11
February 8, 2006
Pucetas Leads Limestone Past Anderson, 2-1
February 5, 2006
College Baseball -- USC Upstate 16, Anderson 6
February 4, 2006
Anderson, Barton Split Baseball Doubleheader
February 3, 2006
Anderson Beats Barton In Season Opener
February 1, 2006
AU Baseball Team Opens Season Friday
December 9, 2005
Anderson Announces Fall Signees
November 3, 2005
Whitfield Named Assistant Baseball Coach
September 12, 2005
Anderson Places 111 On CVAC Presidential Roll
August 25, 2005
e-Scores Now Available On AC Website