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IMMEDIATE RELEASE- Contact: Gary Holden, Sports Information Director
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- February 23, 2003
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Baseball Takes Two From Pikeville
Panthers Open Season With 6-2, 4-2 Wins-
- Ferrum, Va. -- After a rain-soaked past
few weeks in which four Ferrum College baseball games were either
cancelled or postponed, the Panthers took to the diamond this
afternoon and swept visiting Pikeville (Ky.) College by scores of
6-2 and 4-2 in a non-conference doubleheader at home.
Game
1 box Game
2 box
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- In the first game, senior first baseman Wes
Martin (Woolwine, Va./Patrick County) and junior outfielder Brandon
Hale (Coeburn, Va./Coeburn) each solo-homered to lead the
team. Martin, pictured above, went 2-3 on the
afternoon. Junior Thomas
Meeks (Rocky Mount, Va./Franklin County) went five innings on
the mound, giving up three hits and six walks, while striking out
two.
In game two, senior third baseman Neil
Zimmerman (Vinton, Va./William Byrd) went 3-3 with a run, an
RBI, and a stolen base. Senior Jason
Beale (Charlottesville, Va./Western Albemarle) went the entire
seven innings, allowing five hits and no walks, while fanning
nine.
The Panthers are now 2-0 overall, while the Bears fall to
0-2. Ferrum will return to action this week on Monday and
Wednesday with a pair of non-conference games Hampden-Sydney
College Feb. 24 at 3 p.m. and at Lynchburg College Feb. 26 at 2
p.m. For more information, please contact the Ferrum sports information
office at (540) 365-4306.
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