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CLINTON, S.C. – Radford pounded out 21 hits and rode 7 1/3 innings from junior right-handed starter Aerik Taylor (Williamsport, Md./Williamsport) to earn its first Big South baseball win of the season, 19-5, over Presbyterian Friday afternoon at PC Baseball Complex.

The Highlanders (6-8, 1-1 Big South) had just three extra-base hits and pushed across 11 of 19 runs on RBI singles. Three came off the bat of freshman second baseman Brett Mollenhauer (Roanoke, Va./Hidden Valley), who knocked in four runs in a 4-for-7 performance at the plate.  Radford got three RBI each from freshman shortstop Jeff Kemp (Bowie, Md./Archbishop Spalding) and junior right fielder Reggie Keen (Danville, Va./GW-Danvile). 

Kemp finished the day 3-for-5 and scored two runs, drawing a pair of walks. Keen was 3-for-6 and added a pair of runs. 

Radford got its second straight long outing from a starting pitcher, as Taylor worked into the eighth inning to earn the win (2-2). The junior righty allowed three runs on seven hits, striking out three without walking a batter.

The Highlanders took a 10-0 lead into the third inning, manufacturing five runs in the second and third innings, including three with two away in the second. Radford batted around in the third, and broke open the top half on junior catcher Robert Lamas' (Annandale, Va./Paul VI) two-run single through the right side. 

A trio of three-run innings were tacked on the rest of the way, and the Highlanders turned another inning with two away into a run-scoring one, getting three runs after the second out, and a pair on Mollenhauer's single up the middle.

In the eighth, Keen's double with the bases loaded put up three more, and senior first baseman Alex Gregory (Great Falls, Va./Paul VI) plated a pair on his double off the top of the wall in the ninth.

Presbyterian (2-14, 0-6) scored three of its runs on solo homers by shortstop Gabe Grammer, first baseman Kenny Bryant, and second baseman Zac Rinesmith.

Game 2 of the series between the Blue Hose and Radford is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday.

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