March 5, 2009

BOX SCORE GAME ONE

BOX SCORE GAME TWO

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Longwood University split a baseball doubleheader at North Carolina A&T Thursday afternoon at War Memorial Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina, winning the first game 7-5 before dropping the second game by an identical score of 7-5.  Juniors Scott Kimble/Spotsylvania (Spotsylvania) (3-4, 2 RBI) and Phil Cerreto/Midlothian (Midlothian) (2-3, 2 RBI) each hit home runs in the opener, while senior Jon Quigley/Annandale (W.T. Woodson) (2-3, RBI) and junior David Smiy Jr./Chesterfield (Matoaca) (2-3, RBI) each had two hits in the nightcap for the Lancers (4-5).  Longwood will play again this weekend, March 7-8, hosting Saint Peter's College of New Jersey for a pair of doubleheaders at Lancer Stadium in Farmville, beginning on Saturday at 12 p.m..
   
Longwood trailed 3-2 after three innings in the first game before scoring three runs in the fourth inning and adding lone runs in the both the sixth and seventh innings.  In the fourth, Cerreto hit a two-out, two-run home run to right-center field while Quigley (1-4, RBI) also drove in a run with a single through the left side.  Smiy (1-4, RBI) produced what turned out to be the winning run with a one-out RBI single in the sixth before Kimble hit his two-out solo home run to left in the seventh.  Senior John Walker II/Alexandria (West Potomac) (2-0) pitched the first 6.0 innings, yielding nine hits, four runs-three earned, with no walks and five strikeouts to gain the mound win.  Junior Lance Harting/Ballston Spa, N.Y. (Ballston Spa) (3) picked-up his third save with the final 1.0 inning, allowing three hits and one earned run with no walks and one strikeout.
   
Longwood trailed 4-0 after two innings in the second game before rallying with lone runs in both the third and fourth innings before North Carolina A&T added a run in the fourth to lead 5-2.  The Lancers scored three more runs in the fifth but the Aggies scored two runs in the fifth to secure the win.  In the fifth, sophomore Brant Jones/Richmond (Monacan) (1-4, RBI) and Cerreto (1-4, RBI) each had RBI singles while Quigley had a sacrifice fly to produce a run.  Kimble contributed an RBI ground ball in the third, while Smiy had an RBI single in the fourth.  Sophomore Garrett Lythgoe/Chesterfield (Matoaca) (0-1) took the pitching loss with two-thirds of an inning of relief, allowing two runs-one earned, with two walks and two strikeouts.  Freshman Mark Montgomery/Williamsburg (Bruton) tossed the final 1.1 scoreless innings, yielding one hit with one strikeout.