The USC Salkehatchie men's baseball team fell for the fourth time in as many games against #18 Pitt Community college on Sunday afternoon; by a final score of 5-4
The Bulldogs lead 3-0 going into the 5th inning but with one swing of the bat by freshman Carlito Santana (Santo Domingo, D.R.) the Indians tied the game. Santana ends the regular season with 4-home runs.
#18 Pitt Community College would pick up two runs to the top of the sixth on several controversial calls, both which brought USC Salkehatchie head coach Bubba Dorman out of the dug-out.
The Indians would get one of those runs back in the bottom of the 6th but sophomore Murray Smith (Williston, SC) was thrown out at the plate trying to score.
The Indians held the Bulldogs in the top of the 7th as freshman reliever Ryan Rowe (Newberry, SC) came into the game in relief of start Mark Henderson.
In the bottom of the 7th the Indians threatened with a runner at second base and 2-outs. Sophomore Eddie Barkley (Sumter, SC) hit a shot down the left field line that looked as though it would be a walk-off home run but it went just foul. He struck out on the next pitch to end the game.
Sophomore Mark Henderson (North Charleston, SC) picked up the loss for the Indians, he ends his season with a record of 3-6.
Henderson is headed to pitch for the USC Aiken Pacers next season, the Pacers are the 2008-2009 Peach Belt conferance regular season champions this year.
The Indians finish the regular season with an over-all record of 23-29 and 13-19 in Region X.
The #18 ranked Bulldogs improved to 32-6 and 23-6 in Region X play.
The Indians out hit Pitt Community College in game 4, 10-6. It willl be interesting to see the final stats from Coach Jeff Wicker on how many hits each team had in the entire series. I would bet that the Indians out-hit the Bulldogs for the series but were unable to produce enough runs to get the job done.
Don't forget, you can go to www.uscsalkathletics.com for all the recaps on Indians athletics. If you want to view the season stats click on the stat link to the NJCAA on the baseball page.
