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Andre ScrubbHIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point baseball team will try to win its third-straight series when it takes on Dayton in the second of three games at Williard Stadium on Saturday, March 5, at 2 p.m. The Panthers got a 10-9 walk-off win in the series opener on Friday.
Junior
Andre Scrubb will get the ball for his third start of the season on Saturday. Scrubb earned his first win of the season against Marist after giving up just two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out seven in five innings of work. Scrubb is 1-1 on the season with a 9.00 ERA in nine innings of work over two starts. Dayton will start senior right-hander Zach Beaver. He is 0-2 in two starts and has a 7.20 ERA over 10 innings pitched. He has allowed 15 hits while striking out six.
After Dayton tied the game with a two-run home run in the top of the ninth by Robbie Doring, High Point loaded the bases in the bottom of the frame on a single by sophomore
Austen Zente and intentional walks to juniors
Nick Capra and
Drew Fopeano. The Panthers forced the intentional walks first with a sacrifice bunt by junior
Luke Parker and then with a double steal by Zente and Capra.
Lee came to the plate with the bases full and worked the count to 1-2 before hitting a slow roller between the pitcher and the shortstop. The Flyers' Nick Weybright charged the ball and tried to make a play at home, but Zente slid in ahead of the throw for the win. The hit was Lee's fourth of the night.
Senior
Tyler Britton improved to 2-0 on the season for High Point after pitching five innings of relief and allowing three earned runs on seven hits and walk. He matched his career high with six strikeouts in the contest.
Kevin Piersol took the loss for Dayton, dropping to 0-1 in 2016. Piersol gave up one earned run on three hits and two intentional walks over three innings of relief work.
The win was the fifth in the row for the Panthers who improve to 6-3 on the season. It's the first time that HPU has won five straight since 2014 when the team swept UNC Asheville in the final weekend series of the regular season then won the first two games of the Big South Tournament against Radford and Liberty. Dayton falls to 0-7 with the loss.
Lee finished 4-6 at the plate with two RBI, two runs and double and stolen base. He was one of five different HPU batters to record multiple hits in the contest. Greene went 2-5 with two RBI and two runs scored, Jackson finished 2-5 with two RBI and a run scored, Mansfield went 2-2 with and RBI and Capra finished 2-4 with a double, a stolen base and a run scored. Every HPU hitter who came to the plate reached base at least once in the game.
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