HARROGATE, Tenn. - The Anderson University baseball team pounded out a season-high 17 hits en route to equaling a season-high in runs scored as the Trojans rolled past Lincoln Memorial, 11-2, in the first game of a three-game South Atlantic Conference series at Lamar Hennon Field on Friday afternoon.

Anderson snapped a seven-game winless streak and improved to 4-10 overall and 1-3 in the league, while Lincoln Memorial fell to 2-2 in the SAC and 5-9 on the season.

Sophomore outfielder Zack Reeves finished 3-for-6 on the afternoon, including a pair of singles and his second home run of the season. He also scored twice and notched an RBI. Junior Erick Sanderson was 2-for-3 and reached base his first four times to the plate, recording three RBI and crossing the plate twice. Senior catcher Brett Scarberry posted a pair of doubles and a single in five trips to the plate, while driving in three runs. Sophomore Shawn Delmontagne added a double and a single in four at-bats and freshman second baseman Brett Cash scored twice and recorded two hits.

Junior right-hander TJ Estes (2-2) notched the win for the Trojans, going eight full innings and limiting the Railsplitters to two runs off seven hits.

Andy Fennell (0-3) took the loss for LMU as he tossed 3 1/3 innings, allowing eight earned runs. Patrick Morris and Bryan Ebelink combined to throw 5 2/3 innings in relief, surrendering three earned runs off eight Trojan hits.

The Trojans scored first, scoring a run on Scarberry's first double of the contest in the top of the second frame. Erick Sanderson led off with a single and scored on the two-bagger.

Andre Rodriguez countered for the Railsplitters in the bottom of the second stanza with a two-run, two-out homer to put LMU on top 2-1, but AU answered with four runs in the third and three in the fourth frame to build an 8-2 cushion. Scarberry's two-out two-RBI single highlighted the thirds inning and capped the scoring.

Anderson added to its lead in the top of the fourth by loading the bases with one out in the inning and cleared the bases with Sanderson's double to establish the six-run lead.
The Trojans tacked on three more runs in the seventh and eighth innings, highlighted by Reeves' solo home run to lead off the eighth.

The Railsplitters posted just one hit and one walk over the final three innings, with senior Bryce Duckett tossing a hitless ninth inning for Anderson.

The Trojans and Railsplitters wrap up the three-game series with a doubleheader slated to start at 1 p.m. Saturday.