March 9, 2010

Final Stats

DEMOREST, Ga. - The baseball team rebounded from a pair of losses to Birmingham Southern with a convincing 12-2 win over Bridgewater on Tuesday. The heart of the order switched up a little bit as coach Craig Rainey looked for an offensive spark. It seemed like he pushed the right buttons as Andrew Anderson, Alex Cowart and Jake Cappelletty hitting 2-3-4 went a combined 7-for-13 with six RBI's.

Cowart went 3-for-4 with a run, triple and three RBI's. Cappelletty continued his hot start with a pair of RBI's and a run. Anderson collected three hits in five at-bats and scored twice with one RBI.

Adrian was the home team on a neutral site and scored first in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead. Cowart drove in Nate Sarkissian in the inning on an error by the second baseman. Adrian struck again in the third with two runs to take a 3-0 lead. Cappelletty had an RBI groundout and Brian Bilius drove in Jason Greer with the third run.

After Bridgewater trimmed the lead to 3-2 in the top of the fifth, the Bulldogs scored twice in the home half of the fifth. Greer had a sacrifice fly and Cappelletty drove in Cowart with a single after Cowart led off the inning with a triple.

Adrian pulled away in the sixth with three runs and then added two more in the seventh. Cowart had an RBI single in the sixth and seventh. Adrian finished their onslaught in the eighth with their final two runs.

David Partyka got the start for Adrian and went six innings. He allowed five hits and two earned runs with no walks and two strikeouts. Sean Hartman threw two hitless innings in relief and Dan Welch pitched a 1-2-3 ninth. Adrian (2-2) will play Piedmont on their home field tomorrow at 3:00 p.m.