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Baseball Swept by Kennesaw State in Season-Ending Doubleheader

KENNESAW, Ga. – Campbell (11-45, 5-23 A-Sun) dropped its final two games of the season to Kennesaw State (32-23, 13-14 A-Sun), losing a 2-1 pitcher's dual in game one and falling 11-3 in the season finale, Saturday afternoon at Stillwell Stadium.

Game one of Friday's doubleheader showcased two seniors making their final start, and the two did not disappoint. Campbell's Blake Herring and Kennesaw's Casey Rogers both threw complete games as the two struck out nine and 10 respectively as Kennesaw dropped CU 2-1 in the first half of the twin bill at Stillwell Stadium.

Game one was characterized by the stellar pitching performances, as CU's Herring (3-8) threw his league leading fifth complete game, giving up just two hits after the fourth inning. Herring, however, fell to 2-5 in seven career complete games. For Rogers (5-2) it was his first career complete game, as he struck out 10 Camel batters in the win in his final career start.

Campbell capitalized on its first threat of the afternoon with a run in the fourth. With runners on the corners and one out, Brandon York struck out and Jacob Allen was caught in a run-down after an attempted steal. Brandon Scott scampered home before Allen's out was recorded, giving CU the 1-0 lead.

Kennesaw bounced back to cap off the scoring by taking 2-1 lead in their half of the fourth. Kennesaw loaded the bases with two outs and used an Andrew Martin infield single and a Jacob Robbins walk to plate their pair of tallies.

While most of the highlights were on the mound, Campbell's Scott scored the Camel's only run and recorded two hits to pace CU in game one. Martin was the only KSU player with multiple hits, going a perfect 3-3 for the Owls.

KSU stormed out to a 10-0 lead in game two, scoring in each of the first four innings. The first inning saw the Owls plate an unearned run, as a Matt Dallas single staked Kennesaw to a 1-0 lead.

The Owl's bats woke up in the second after scoring just three runs in the first two games. Four unearned runs on four hits in the inning, including an RBI single by Robbins, an RBI fielder's choice by Jay Morrow and a two-out, two-RBI triple by Matt Dallas gave KSU a 5-0 cushion. The third inning saw Kennesaw get two more runs as Robbins singled in both tallies with a single for a 7-0 advantage.

The 10 unanswered runs ended in the fourth, as three KSU runs scored on a Rob Lyerly error and sacrifice flies by Zack Upton and Martin made it 10-0 before Campbell scored their first run in the fifth. Daniel Smith rapped his second RBI-double of the weekend to make it a 10-1 ballgame.

Campbell inched closer with two runs in the eighth. After the first three Camels singled, Rob Lyerly doubled to bring in the final two Camel runs of the year.

Two seniors made their last starts and recorded their final decisions in game two, as Quinn LeSage (1-10) suffered the loss in game two lasting just three innings while allowing five unearned runs. Dan Dale (4-3) went 6.2 innings, striking out six in the final game of his career.

Six Kennesaw players had at least two hits in game two led by Dallas' three-hit, three RBI effort. Blake Lowry matched a career high two hits and Smith added his second three-hit game of the series, the 16th time he's hit safely in the last 19 games.

Smith and Scott led the Camel charge batting .500 (7-14) and .462 (6-13) on the weekend respectively. Matt Hopkins also batted .500 (5-10) to lead Kennesaw.

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Players Mentioned

Blake Herring

#25 Blake Herring

C
6' 0"
Junior
Jacob Allen

#8 Jacob Allen

INF
6' 1"
Sophomore
Blake Lowry

#21 Blake Lowry

1B
6' 3"
Freshman
Rob Lyerly

#5 Rob Lyerly

SS
6' 1"
Freshman
Brandon York

#23 Brandon York

C
6' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Blake Herring

#25 Blake Herring

6' 0"
Junior
C
Jacob Allen

#8 Jacob Allen

6' 1"
Sophomore
INF
Blake Lowry

#21 Blake Lowry

6' 3"
Freshman
1B
Rob Lyerly

#5 Rob Lyerly

6' 1"
Freshman
SS
Brandon York

#23 Brandon York

6' 1"
Freshman
C