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Baseball Drops North Carolina Central, 8-2

DURHAM, N.C.- Brandon Scott knocked in three runs and Campbell matched a season high in hits (13) en route to a 8-2 triumph over North Carolina Central, Tuesday night at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Campbell improves to 9-13 overall, while North Carolina Central drops to 6-16.

Cody Raisch (1-1), Campbell's starting pitcher, earned his first victory in a Camel uniform after striking out five batters and allowing just two runs over 5 2/3 innings pitched. The junior from Centerville, Iowa walked only one batter. The Eagles' Jeff Citero (0-4) suffered the loss allowing five runs over six innings pitched.

Scott led the Camels offense as he went 3-for-5 with three RBI and a run scored. Complimenting Scott was Ryan Hamme and Zach Johnson who collected two hits and two RBI each.

North Carolina Central got to Raisch early posting two runs in the bottom of the first. After Gray led the inning off with a single and advanced to third on Kurt Wilson's liner to right field, Gray scored from third on an attempted steal by Wilson. A RBI single off the bat of Kyle Davis plated Wilson to give the Eagles an early 2-0 lead.

Campbell answered with five runs in the third after Citero sat the Camels down in order in their first two attempts. A Scott two RBI single up the middle and a Johnson RBI double off the DBAP's "Blue Monster" highlighted an inning in which Campbell stroked five hits. The two RBI single marked Scott's team-leading 16th and 17th of the season.

North Carolina Central applied dangerous pressure in the sixth when Oliver Jenkins reached first on a wild pitch after he struck out. Jenkins tried to stretch an overthrown pickoff attempt into a two-base throwing error but Hamme threw Jenkins out from deep in foul territory to extinguish the Eagles threat.

The Camels scored one run in the eighth after a four inning scoring drought. Hamme slapped a two out single through the left side to plate Causey, who was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, extending Campbell's lead to 6-2.

Scott stroked an RBI single and Johnson used a sacrifice fly to finalized the score at 8-2. Carlton Floyd reached base and scored thanks to an error by the Eagles' pitcher and Ellis Lowe singled and scored as well.

Wes Edwards escaped a ninth inning jam in relief of Jared Lehman. Edwards struck out Brian Brice and induced a double play on a liner off the bat of Kyle Davis to end an Eagle threat secure a Campbell victory.

Campbell improves to 1-0 against the NCCU Eagles and 8-0 when leading after the seventh inning, as the game marked the two schools first meeting.

Campbell will play its final non-conference game of the week tomorrow (Mar. 26) against the East Carolina Pirates in Greenville, N.C. The first pitch is set for 6 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Carlton Floyd

#24 Carlton Floyd

OF/LHP
5' 11"
Junior
Ryan Hamme

#14 Ryan Hamme

UTL
6' 4"
Junior
Zach Johnson

#4 Zach Johnson

INF
6' 2"
Sophomore
Ellis Lowe

#8 Ellis Lowe

INF
6' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Carlton Floyd

#24 Carlton Floyd

5' 11"
Junior
OF/LHP
Ryan Hamme

#14 Ryan Hamme

6' 4"
Junior
UTL
Zach Johnson

#4 Zach Johnson

6' 2"
Sophomore
INF
Ellis Lowe

#8 Ellis Lowe

6' 1"
Freshman
INF