Presbyterian Defeats Radford in Series Opener

Thursday, May 18

Radford, Va.

6:00 PM

Radford University

9-44, 1-24

Presbyterian

20-33, 11-14

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Presbyterian	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	12	17	14	0
Radford	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	9	6

Photo by: Rob Simmons

5/18/2023 9:34:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

RADFORD, Va. — The Presbyterian Blue hose used a late surge to break open a competitive game as they downed Radford 17-3 on Thursday night at Carter Memorial Stadium.

Center fielder Zack Whitacre got the scoring started for Radford (9-44, 1-24 Big South) right off the bat, as he launched a home run on the first pitch he saw leading off the bottom of the first inning. It was the first leadoff home run by a Highlander since his teammate Cameron Pittman did so against Holy Cross on Mar. 7, 2022.

For the evening, Whitacre was 2-for-5 with an RBI.

Presbyterian (20-33, 11-14) would strike back, chasing Highlanders' starter Zack Mallia out of the game in the third inning. The Blue Hose took a 4-1 into the bottom of the fifth when the home mounted a rally.

After a one-out double by right fielder Paul Moore, second baseman Sully Tibbs hit a two-bagger of his own to drive in Moore. First baseman Ryan Gilmore would then plate Tibbs with an RBI groundout to make it 4-3.

Moore collected three hits on the night, marking a career-high for the senior.

However, the Blue Hose would take control in the final innings, scoring the last 12 runs of the ballgame.

Presbyterian starter Dylan Howard was the winning pitcher, tossing seven innings and collecting nine strikeouts with three earned runs. Mallia took the loss for Radford, while Tanner Smith earned the save for the Blue Hose.

UP NEXT
The two teams will meet again for game two of the series on Friday at 4 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: HOWARD, Duncan (4-5)

L: Mallia, Zack (0-4)

S: SMITH, Tanner (8)

Presbyterian

Batting:

2B: FAHR, Brody 1 ; DEWBERRY, Amman 1 ; HUGHES, Chase 1 ; MERKLE, Kyle 1

3B: GORMAN, Jack 1

HR: OUZTS, Ryan 1 ; REEVES, Dalton 2 ; DRAGOO, Joel 1

RBI: GORMAN, Jack 1 ; FAHR, Brody 2 ; OUZTS, Ryan 1 ; DEWBERRY, Amman 1 ; REEVES, Dalton 6 ; DRAGOO, Joel 1 ; WETHERINGTON, Jay 1

Base Running:

RUNS: GORMAN, Jack 3 ; FAHR, Brody 3 ; OUZTS, Ryan 2 ; DEWBERRY, Amman 1 ; REEVES, Dalton 2 ; DRAGOO, Joel 1 ; HUGHES, Chase 1 ; SAINT, Yechiel 1 ; RIOS, Lorenzo 1 ; DECKER, Kyle 1 ; WETHERINGTON, Jay 1