ROME, Ga. - The Shorter Hawks defeated the Carson-Newman University Eagles 6-4 in a non-conference game on Tuesday afternoon at the Robert H. Ledbetter Baseball Complex.

The Hawks improve to 15-10 on the season after today's game while the Eagles are now 16-13.

Peyton Holloway started for the Hawks in today's game and tossed 1.2 innings, striking out one and giving up one run. Trevor Nanney (W, 2-1) pitched 1.2 innings in relief, striking out four and giving up one hit.

The Eagles struck first today and scored their first two runs in the top of the second after Jordan Griffin hit a two-run home run.

Shorter plated its first run in the bottom of the second after Logan Stockton singled to right center to drive in Norman Leon.

The score remained 2-1 Carson-Newman until the Eagles plated their next two runs in the top of the seventh courtesy of another two-run home run.

The Hawks plated four runs in the home half of the seventh to take the lead. Stockton singled to left, and this scored Kody Krause for the inning's first run. Shortly after this, Lyndon Weaver hit a three-run home run. This made the score 5-4 Shorter.

Shorter plated an additional run in the bottom of the eighth. Jacob Pajer reached first on an error by the Carson-Newman third baseman, driving in Krause.
 
Stockton went 4-for-4 today with a run scored and two RBI. Krause went 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Leon went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Weaver went 2-for-5 with a run scored and three RBI.

Up Next

Shorter returns to action on Saturday to resume Gulf South Conference (GSC) play. The Hawks will face the University of Montevallo Falcons in a doubleheader on Saturday. First pitch of game one is slated for noon at the Ledbetter Baseball Complex.