GAME 1 BOX | GAME 2 BOX

RADFORD, Va. – After Charleston Southern blasted three homers in a 9-6 game one win, Radford rallied with 14 hits for a 9-3 game two win in a Big South baseball doubleheader on Saturday.
 
The Highlanders won the second game behind a six-inning performance from Bobby Bolling, who struck out seven and allowed just one run on two hits for his first win (1-0).

“He's been a good guy in the final series games for us, and has kept us in every game,” head coach Joe Raccuia said.  “He's a mature kid, a veteran for us.  Even though he's a first-year guy out of a JUCO program, he's a guy that's always in the strike zone, so he gives us a chance to win.”
 
Charleston Southern hit five home runs in the two games, including four solo homers.  In game one, Tyler Thornburg pitched six strong innings, allowing two earned runs and striking out six to earn the win (5-1).

“The difference in the second game for us was we competed better at the plate,” Raccuia said.  “It was a different mentality – we were winning, so our confidence was higher. 

“We battled for some at-bats, got two-out hits, extended an inning, and we needed to do that.  Charleston Southern did a good job this weekend and I'm glad we salvaged a game.  There's a lot of work to be done, and our guys know that.”
 
GAME 1 – CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 9, RADFORD 6
 
Charleston Southern blasted three home runs and got a quality start from Thornburg on the way to a win in the first game.
 
Nick Chinners with 3-for-5 with three RBIs for Charleston Southern, including a two-run homer in the fourth.  Walt Quattlebaum also went 3-for-5.
 
Radford was led by Raphael Turner's (Washington, D.C./Woodrow Wilson) 3-for-4 game.
 
With the Buccaneers up 1-0 in the bottom of the second, Thornburg gave up a leadoff single to Turner, who stole second to move into scoring position.  But Turner got no farther, as Thornburg struck out the side to keep it a 1-0 Charleston Southern lead.
 
Charleston Southern added two runs in the second with two outs, following a fielding error at short that allowed Jon Matthews to score from third and make it a 2-0 lead.   On the next play, Quattlebaum roped a double into the left field corner to bring home Matt Still and give the Buccaneers a 3-0 lead.
 
The Highlanders got one back in the bottom of the third on Reggie Keen's (Danville, Va./G.W.-Danville) grounder to short that scored Alex Guerra, who reached on a leadoff double, to make it a 3-1 game.  In the fourth, Bentley Christmas' leadoff homer to straight away center field gave the Buccaneers back a four-run cushion and Chinners' two-run blast with two outs made it a 6-1 advantage.
 
Turner singled home Tyren Rivers in the fifth with two outs, trimming Charleston Southern's lead to 6-3, but the Buccaneers plated a run on a two-out wild pitch in the sixth to go back ahead by four.
 
Rivers, who had hits in both games, extended his hitting streak to 10 games.
 
GAME 2 – RADFORD 9, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 3
 
Radford got six strong innings from Bolling and a six-run sixth to salvage a split with a game two win.
 
Bolling got the victory in his first decision of the season, lasting six innings while allowing just two hits.  The right-hander set down the side in order three times.
 
Radford grabbed its first lead of the afternoon when Matt Mack led off the second inning with a solo blast over the left field wall, his third of the season, to give the Highlanders a 1-0 lead.
 
Tied 1-1 in the bottom of the sixth, Radford opened up the game with a six-run inning.  Mack put the go-ahead run on the board when he singled home Keen, who led off the sixth with a double to right field.   Two batters later, Robert Lamas brought both Mack and Andrew Cook home with a single up the middle, extending Radford's lead to 4-1.   The Highlanders added three more runs to open up a 7-1 lead.
 
Keen went 3-for-5 for Radford, leading five Highlanders with multi hit efforts.
 
Quattlebaum and Tom Burkett hit solo homers for the Buccaneers, leading off the seventh and ninth innings, respectively, with blasts.