HIGH POINT ROUTS LANCERS 10‑0 BEHIND BRACHBILL’S GEM
HIGH POINT, N.C. (Interstat) — Ty Brachbill tossed eight shutout innings with seven strikeouts, allowing just two hits, as High Point defeated Longwood 10-0 in a Big South game Saturday evening at George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium.
Caleb Hammond drove in three runs, going 3 for 4 with a double. SeoJun Oh hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning and finished with three RBIs. Landen Johnson added an RBI single.
The Panthers sent 11 batters to the plate in a six-run fourth inning. Oh walked with the bases loaded for the first run, and consecutive RBI hits by Hammond, Ponce and Kelly built a 6-0 lead. Hammond’s two-run double in the fifth made it 8-0, and Oh’s home run in the sixth capped the scoring.
Longwood (27-19) managed only two hits against Brachbill and reliever Charlie Jones, who struck out one in a perfect ninth. High Point (30-16) collected 14 hits. The loss came one day after the Lancers won 6-5 in Friday’s series opener.