University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
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East Tennessee State
ETSU Edges UNC Asheville 3-2
03.17.2009 | Baseball
ASHEVILLE, N.C. ? Bo Reeder pitched a complete game and had two hits as East Tennessee State edged UNC Asheville 3-2 in college baseball action at McCormick Field Tuesday night.
The Bulldogs (3-14) were led at the plate by freshman third baseman Cody Buch who went 2-for-4. Senior catcher Reed Kreiser drove in both of UNC Asheville's run with his fifth home run of the year, a solo blast in the fourth inning and a sacrifice fly in the first.
Reeder (2-2) earned his first complete game of the season by allowing just five hits, striking out four and walking one. He pitched out of trouble in the eighth and ninth innings to pick up his second win of the year.
The game was tied 2-2 in the top of the sixth when ETSU (6-9) scored the winning run. Paul Hoilman walked to open the inning and two outs later, stole second. Matthew Scruggs delivered a run-scoring single to score Hoilman for a 3-2 ETSU lead.
The Bulldogs got the tying run to third base in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings but could not get the clutch hit to tie the game. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth and Buch at third, Austin Graham sent a line-drive to right field but Buccaneer right-fielder Cory Betterson made a nice catch to end the game.
ETSU opened the scoring with two runs in the first inning. Reeder drove in one run with a run-scoring single. Asheville starter Justin Schumer hit Hoilman with the bases loaded to plate the second run of the inning for a 2-0 Bucs lead.
Asheville fought back and got a run in the bottom of the first when Danny Baatz and Schumer singled. With runners on first and third, Kreiser drove in his first run of the game on a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 2-1.
Kreiser tied the game with a solo homer in the fourth as his blast cleared the center-field wall for a 2-2 tie.
UNC Asheville plays next at mountain rival Western Carolina Wednesday night at 6 p.m.
