Eric McElveen
Gene Breland, Orangeburg, SC
Eric McElveen hit a homerun in the contest
1
Claflin CLAFBB20 4-9, 0-7 PBC
10
Winner UNC Pembroke UNCP 12-5, 6-2 PBC
Claflin CLAFBB20
4-9, 0-7 PBC
1
Final
10
UNC Pembroke UNCP
12-5, 6-2 PBC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Claflin CLAFBB20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 1
UNC Pembroke UNCP 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 X 10 17 0

W: Scott (2-2) L: Holloway, Makai (1-4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Morris Wright

UNC-Pembroke Defeats Claflin in PBC Contest

Pembroke, N.C. – The UNC-Pembroke Braves defeated the Claflin University Panthers 10-1 in the second game of their Peach Belt Conference (PBC) three-game series on Saturday (Feb. 29).
 
The win gives UNC-Pembroke the series at 2-0 heading into Sunday (Mar. 1) finale at 1 p.m. The Braves improved to 12-5 overall and 6-2 in the conference, while Claflin dropped to 4-9 and 0-7.
 
After being shutout in the series-opener on Friday (Feb. 28), the Panthers picked up their only run of the series thus far when Eric McElveen hit a solo home run. The homer was McElveen first of the season.
 
McElveen and Joshua Terry had two hits each in leading Claflin. Gabriel Rentas, Nicholas Johnson and Tavion Towers contributed one hit each for the Panthers.
 
UNC-Pembroke, which scored nine runs in the first four innings, was led by Bobby Dixon at 2-for-4 with 3 RBIs and River Ryan, who went 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs.
 
Jalen Scott, 2-2, was the winning pitcher for UNC-Pembroke, striking out 11 batters in 5.2 innings.
Makai Holloway suffered the loss for Claflin.
 
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