| Friday, April 9
Game
1: GC 3, Methodist 2 (10 innings)
Kevin Mong
led GC--both on the mound and at the plate--to a 3-2 win in the opener
at Fayetteville on Friday.
Mong (3-1)
started his first USA South game and pitched a 10 inning complete game.
He also singled in the 10th to drive in Kris Wiggins (who walked)
for the winning run. Mong was 3-5 with the 1 RBI for GC. He struck out
7 and walked 4 Monarch batters.
Chad Alligood
was 2-4 with a double, 1 run and 1 RBI for The Pride. Teammate Jeremy
Morrison went 2-5 for the visitors.
Game
2: GC 1, Methodist 0
Andrew
Keever picked up his 7th complete game in The Pride's 1-0 win over
the Monarchs in the nightcap. Keever (6-2) fanned 5 MC batters and allowed
5 hits.
The game's
only run came on a Larry Lockhart home
run in the 6th inning. Lockhart was 2-3 at the plate for GC.
The DH sweep
gave The Pride its 6th 20-win season and first since 1999. Additionally,
GC's 8 conference wins are the most in program history.
GC record 20-14,
8-12; Streak W2; Up next at Methodist, 4-10, 1 p.m.
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