ETSU Baseball clinches series against Campbell with 13-1 win in game one of doubleheader

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Derek Bushey

Sunday, May 15, 2011

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (May 14, 2011) - The ETSU baseball team run-ruled Campbell in game one of a doubleheader Saturday afternoon 13-1, as the Bucs won their third straight series and moved head coach Tony Skole one game back of his 400^th career win.

Starter Derek Bushey (Richmond, Va.) improved to 6-3 on the year for the Bucs (33-17, 14-10 A-Sun) after limiting the Camels (16-34, 2-24 A-Sun) to one run on six hits with five strikeouts and no walks.

Campbell's Frank Zier suffered the loss after giving up 12 runs (11 earned) on ten hits with a strikeout and three walks in 3.1 innings of work.

The Buccaneers outhit the Camels 12-7 on the afternoon. Four starters posted multiple hits in the contest led by Matthew Scruggs (Knoxville, Tenn.) who was 2-for-3 with a triple, scored two runs and drove in four.

Ellis Lowe put the Camels in front 1-0 in the top of the first with a leadoff home run to right center.

In the bottom half of the first, the Bucs took a 2-1 lead on Paul Hoilman's (Johnson City, Tenn.) 19^th home run of the season. Hoilman drove a 2-0 fastball over the left field fence for a two-run homer.

ETSU increased its lead to 6-1 in the bottom of the second. After an RBI single by Andrew Green (Powell, Tenn.) gave the Bucs a 3-1 advantage, Bo Reeder (Cookeville, Tenn.) crushed a three-run homer to right for his 14^th home run of the year. Green's single increased his hit streak to 12 games.

The Bucs added three runs in the bottom of the third on a two-run triple by Scruggs and a RBI single by Corey McPherson (Johnson City, Tenn.) to make the score 9-1.

In the bottom of the fourth, the Buccaneers ran their advantage to 12-1 after an error by Kyle Holmstrom and a two-run single by Scruggs.

Dylan Pratt (Johnson City, Tenn.) pushed across the final run for the Bucs in the bottom of the sixth on a sacrifice fly to center scoring catcher Derek Trent (Kingsport, Tenn.) to make the final 13-1.

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ETSU 13, Campbell 1 (May 14, 2011 at Johnson City, Tenn.) (Game 1) (7 innings)

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CU�............ 100 000 0 - 1 7 1 (16-34, 2-24 A-Sun)

ETSU............ 243 301 x - 13 12 0 (33-17, 14-10 A-Sun)

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Win - Derek Bushey (6-3) Loss - Frank Zier (1-5)

HR - ETSU - Paul Hoilman (19); Bo Reeder (14)

CU - Ellis Lowe (4)