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No. 17 Â鶹ÊÓƵ baseball holds off William Carey for 3-2 win

Cody Dew

JACKSON, Tenn. - 4/12/2011 - The No. 17 Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Tenn.) University baseball team posted a 3-2 victory over William Carey (Miss.) University on Tuesday at Fesmire Field. Â鶹ÊÓƵ improved to 29-10 overall, while William Carey dropped to 18-21 on the season.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ provided just enough offense for starter Derek Roof (5-1) who tossed seven innings, allowing seven hits and one run with four strikeouts for the win. With Â鶹ÊÓƵ up 3-1 in the ninth, Justin Bryan allowed the first two runners to reach base after tossing a perfect eighth inning in relief. Cody Dew entered the game with two on and no outs. After a sacrifice bunt moved the runners to second and third. Dew got a sacrifice fly and a pop-out to earn his second save of the season.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ scored a run in the first inning to take the lead. Oscar Depablos’ ground out drove in Danny Grimm, who had reached with a leadoff double. In the third, Â鶹ÊÓƵ added a second run on an RBI double form Doug Joyce. Then in the fifth, Depablos got his second RBI of the day to score what proved to be the game-winning run. His double scored Brett Pawlan to put Â鶹ÊÓƵ up 3-0.

William Carey scored their first run in the sixth inning. Both teams left a combined 17 runners on base, including nine by William Carey. The Crusaders out-hit Â鶹ÊÓƵ 8-7 in the game. Zach Magee (2-4) through 123 pitches in the complete game loss, allowing three runs on seven hits with six strikeouts.

Joyce’s two hits led Â鶹ÊÓƵ, while Depablos led with two RBI.

Up next for Â鶹ÊÓƵ will be a road conference series at Mid-Continent (Ky.) on Friday and Saturday.

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