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Perry Pitches Furman Past Wofford 5-3
April 23, 2005
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Sam Perry tossed seven shutout innings while Ben Terry and Sam McLain both had three hits as Furman defeated Wofford 5-3 in Southern Conference baseball action Saturday afternoon at Russell C. King Field.
Perry (5-3), who hurled seven innings last weekend in his last start, a 14-2 win over Western Carolina, scattered five hits while striking out five and walking one. The triumph also marked the fourth straight league victory for Furman (15-20, 8-10 SoCon).
The series continues tomorrow with a 1 p.m. doubleheader.
Leading 5-0 entering the bottom of the ninth, Furman watched Wofford (14-27, 4-15 SoCon) close to within 5-3 on Scott Holloway's three-run home run off Paladin reliever David Mitchell. Anthony DiNardo and Ben Austin followed with base hits to put runners on first and third with one out, but Mitchell got Stephen Johnson to hit a soft liner back to the mound. Mitchell made the catch and fired to first to double off Austin and end the game.
The Paladins took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Terry opened the game with a double to right center before coming around to score on a sacrifice fly by Case Cassedy, who had two hits in the game.
A bases-loaded infield single by Terry and an Andrew Greene run-scoring groundout in the top of the second increased the Furman advantage to 3-0.
A.J. Davidiuk had two hits for the Paladins, including an RBI single in the fifth to make it 5-0.
Furman threatened to extend its lead in the top of the seventh after loading the bases with no outs, but Wofford starter Jesse Cole induced Davidiuk to ground to Terrier third baseman Adam Wood, who started a third-to-home-to-first double play. Cole then struck out Tony Maccani to end the inning.
Greene thwarted a Terrier scoring threat in the bottom of the seventh. His diving catch in center on a liner by DiNardo ended the inning with runners on first and second.
Cole (2-5) took the loss, surrendering 11 hits and four earned runs in seven innings.
The Terriers turned four double plays in defeat, while the Paladins had a pair of twin-killings.
