Tuesday, March 11, 2008

TUSCULUM BASEBALL BLANKS STILLMAN 9-0

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. --- Christian Rosa and Dustin Morrow each recorded a double and a home run as the Tusculum College baseball team shutout Stillman College 9-0 Tuesday afternoon at Tiger Field. The Pioneers improve to 12-8 overall, while the Tigers fall to 9-13. It was a match-up of two teams that advanced to the 2007 NCAA Division II South Regional.

Rosa went 2-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to 16 games, while Morrow had a 2-for-3 day.

Rob Currie (1-2) and Ryan Pfleger combined on the shutout as the Tusculum duo limited the Tigers to seven hits on the afternoon.

For a second straight game, Rosa led off the contest with a home run. Rosa led off Sunday’s second game at Mars Hill with a round-tripper. For Rosa, it gives him four home runs on the season.

Tusculum added three runs in the second inning as Payden Houser led off with a double and scored on Matt Webb’s base hit. Brandon Behenna would double in Webb and he too would later score on a two-out single by Carlos Rivera.

Morrow led off the third with a home run, while Rosa followed with a RBI double in the fourth as Tusculum jumped out to a 6-0 lead.

Currie went 5.2 innings to record his first win as a Pioneer, while Pfelger tossed the final 3.1 innings to post his first save of the year.

Maikol Gonzalez and Aaron Hudgins recorded two hits each in the win. Chase Wilson (4-2) suffered the loss for the Tigers.

Tusculum will be at Montevallo tonight at 8 p.m. for a single game. The Pioneers will face Stillman again on Wednesday to wrap up the Alabama road trip.

- TC -