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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Bill Tharp, Assistant
SID
(540) 365-4306
March 14, 2004
Ferrum
Baseball Sweeps Chowan- Hale's Grand Slam Ignites Panther Offense
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- Ferrum, Va. -- The Ferrum College Baseball
team completed the series sweep of USA South rival Chowan College
with a thrilling 9-8 victory this afternoon.
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- Chowan jumped out to a 6-2 lead after four innings,
but the Panthers rallied with six runs in the bottom of the fifth
inning and held on for the win. Senior right fielder Brandon
Hale (Coeburn, Va./Coeburn) (pictured at right) tied the
game with a grand slam, and senior center-fielder Ricky
Peace (Hopewell, Va./Hopewell) and sophomore third-baseman Donnie
Sprouse (Madison Hts., Va./Amherst) added RBI singles to put
Ferrum ahead 8-6 after five innings. Chowan pulled to within
one run in the top of the sixth inning, but freshman second-baseman Matt
Gammon (Providence, N.C./Bartlett-Yancey) answered
with a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth. Chowan got
one more run in the top of the ninth inning.
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- Senior pitcher Carlos
Sanchez (Stanleytown, Va./Bassett) went six innings allowing
eight hits and seven runs to pick up the win and improve to 5-0 on
the season. Senior Thomas
Meeks (Rocky Mount, Va./Franklin County) worked the last
three innings in relief allowing one run on two hits to pick up his
second save of the year.
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- The win moves Ferrum to 15-3 overall and 8-1 in the
USA South, Chowan falls to 10-10 and 2-7. Ferrum will be back
in action Tuesday, March 16th at 3:00 p.m. when they host Guilford
College. For more information, contact the Ferrum
College Sports Information Office at (540) 365-4306.
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