HAMPTON, VA. - Visiting Spalding University scored three runs in
the top of the tenth inning as the Golden Eagles defeated
Apprentice School 13-10 in ten innings on Friday in a U.S.
Collegiate Athletic Association matchup at War Memorial Stadium.
Eric Polk was 2-for-4 and drove in three runs, while Dory Fields
and Kyle Center had two hits apiece for the Builders.
Apprentice School trailed 5-0 into the bottom of the fourth before
scoring four in the fourth, one in the fifth, two in the sixth and
three in the seventh to take a 10-7 advantage. Spalding
answered with a pair in the eighth and one in the ninth before
their tenth inning explosion.
These teams will face each other tomorrow at noon to close out
this two-game set. Apprentice School will also face Penn
State-Greater Allegheny in a single game at 3 pm.
SPALDING 13, APPRENTICE SCHOOL 10
Spalding
200 320 021 3 - 13 16 1
Apprentice 000 412 300 0 -
10 11 2
WP: Cochran; LP: Tillman. Standouts: Spalding, Fenwick 3-5
(double); Thompson 2-4 (home run, two RBI), Glasscock 3-5 (3RBIs),
Millsap 1-4 (3-run home run), Farmer 3-6 (3RBIs); Apprentice, Polk
2-4 (3RBIs, double), Center 2-5, Fields 2-6. Records:
Spalding 2-3, Apprentice School 4-5.
