Comeback Kids Move to 5-0 After Sweeping Fairmont State in a Double Dip
February 10, 2007

MURFREESBORO - The baseball team moved to a perfect 5-0 after beating Fairmont State in a double header this afternoon. The Hawks used their final at-bats to take the first two games of the three game series. 

With the game knotted at 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Joey Ryder led off the inning with a double to center field. One out later Mike McConnell hit a bloop single that would score Ryder and take the game 2-1. Brandon Hamlett picked up the win in relief of Bryan Hill who threw 6.1 innings, scattering 5 hits and giving up an unearned run. Hamlett came in to shut down FSU, facing 3 batters and striking out one of them. Nick Harner had the only multiple hit game for the Hawks as he was 2-3 with one RBI. 

The Hawks found themselves trailing 6-4 in the bottom of the 7th inning but used a 3 run at-bat to come from behind and get their 5th win of the season. Hamlett led the inning off with a single to left field followed by another single by Joel Ortiz. Justin Hollingsworth sacrifice bunted Hamlett and Ortiz to third and second respectively. PJ Sadler loaded the bases with a walk. Hamlett scored on a wild pitch by FSU while Ortiz and Sadler advanced to second and third. Michael Kellett drove in the game-tying and winning runs with a single back up the middle to score Ortiz and Sadler to give Chowan a 7-6 victory.

Ortiz was the only Hawk with two hits as he finished up 2-4 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI. Sadler was 1-3 with 2 RBI while Kellett was 1-4 with the game winning RBI. 

Steven Brown gets the win in relief to move to 1-0. He faced four batters in the 7th inning for the win.