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Baseball Anthony Jeffries

Falcons Sweep Chowan To Stay Undefeated In CIAA

CARY, N.C. – Wayne Lewis (So./Charlotte, NC) drove in five runs on a home run and a triple to help Saint Augustine's beat Chowan University 7-3 in the first game and 6-3 in the second game of a CIAA baseball doubleheader at USA Baseball Complex.


The victories pushed the Falcons to 13-3 overall and 8-0 in the CIAA. The Hawks fell to 7-11-1 and 2-3 in the CIAA.

 

Lewis smacked a two-run triple in the first inning of the first game to ignite the Falcons to a 4-0 lead. In the second game, Lewis drilled a three-run home run over the left field wall for a 3-1 first-inning lead which the Falcons never relinquished. He finished the day 3-of-5 batting with five RBIs.

 

Brian Clark (Jr./Chicago, IL) added four RBIs including three in the first game for the Falcons, who banged out 11 hits in the opener. Kevin Johnson (Sr./Seattle, WA) also added two RBIs on 2-of-3 hitting in the first game. Brandon Stewart (Jr./Atlanta Ga.) pitched a five-hitter to improve to 2-1 for the Falcons, last year's CIAA regular-season champions.

 

Zack Caito, Mike Taylor and Stewart Barnett each drove in a run for the Hawks. Tyler King (4-2) was the losing pitcher in the first game.

 

Chris Vette (Jr./Hampton, Va.) of the Falcons contributed an RBI in the second game. Alex Di Dio (So./Petersburg, Va.) tossed a five-hitter for the victory (3-1).

 

Adam Capps homered to pace the Hawks in the second game. Andrew Hales (1-3) scattered three hits in a losing cause.

 

The Falcons, winners of four straight contests, step out of conference to host Paine College in a doubleheader Wednesday at USA Baseball Complex. The first game begins at 1 p.m.

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