JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Shorter Hawks defeated the Carson-Newman University Eagles 4-2 in a non-conference game on Wednesday afternoon at Carson-Newman.
 
The Hawks improve to 18-15 on the season while the Eagles are now 22-16.
 
Shorter struck first today in the top of the first. Lyndon Weaver doubled to right center to score Jacob Pajer.
 
The score remained 1-0 until the home half of the fourth when Carson-Newman tied the game.
 
The Hawks plated two additional runs in the top of the fifth to take the lead. Cory Mason doubled to left center to score Pajer to plate the inning's first run. Right after this, Logan Stockton reached on an error by the Carson-Newman third baseman and then advanced to second, and this error scored Mason.
 
Stockton hit a solo home run in the top of the eighth to score the final run of the day for the Hawks. This was his first home run of the season. This made the score 4-1 Shorter.
 
Carson-Newman plated its final run in the bottom of the eighth.
 
Pajer went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a walk. Mason went 1-for-3 with a run scored, an RBI and a walk. Stockton went 1-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI.
 
Kenny Jinks (W, 1-0) started for the Hawks today and was solid over four innings of work. He gave up one run on five hits and two walks and had five strikeouts. Jonathan Pintaro (S, 1) tossed 1.1 innings to close the game for the Hawks, striking out two and giving up a walk.
 
Up Next
 
The Hawks return to action Saturday on the road for a Gulf South Conference (GSC) doubleheader with the Christian Brothers University Buccaneers. First pitch of game one is slated for noon.