Cats slip past Longwood

Taylor Sandefur

After four straight losses, including a first game loss in the series with Longwood, the Catamounts were able to slip by Big South foe Longwood, for a win in game two of the series.

On the strength of 10 hits in the afternoon game, the Cats put 8 runs across home plate, giving the home team a three run cushion in their 8-5 victory at Hennon Stadium on Wednesday.

With the score at 8-2 in favor of the Cats in the top of the 8th inning, the Lances pushed across three runs off four hits, a triple and three doubles, to get with-in three runs of the Cats.   Tyler Powell came in to pitch in the 9th, and shut down Longwood with two strike outs and a grounder to the short-stop, for his first save of the season.  

The Catamounts did continue their troubling pattern of errors, committing three during the course of the game, two fielding errors and one throwing error.

Taylor Sandefur picked up his first win of the season, pitching 6 complete innings, striking out 4, and giving up 2 runs.

The Cats are now 4-5 on the season.


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