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Baseball Powers Past North Carolina A&T 15-5

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Four Fighting Camels registered multiple RBI as Campbell rolled to a 15-5 victory over North Carolina A&T on Friday afternoon at War Memorial Stadium. Bryan Braswell knocked in three runners; Kevin Nelson, Ellis Lowe, and Zach Johnson all notched two RBI in the winning effort.

The scoring started in the second inning with a two RBI single into left field that scored Bryce Grady and Alex Aycoth. Kevin Nelson would notch his first hit and RBI of the contest with a single into right field that scored Braswell.

North Carolina A&T (1-3) responded in the first with a run of their own as George Hines would cross the plate following a balk call on Campbell starting pitcher Logan Davis.

In the fourth Campbell (3-2) extended their lead to 8-1 in the top half of the inning starting with Bryce Grady scoring on an error by Xavier Macklin, then a Kevin Nelson double down the right field line scored Bryan Braswell. Nelson crossed the plate himself on a passed ball and Chris Bangi came around to score off of an error by Nick Oelker, the starting pitcher for North Carolina A&T. Ellis Lowe rounded out the scoring as he brought around DJ Johnson on a sacrifice groundout to short.

It was a homerun fest in the bottom half of the inning for A&T as Marquis Riley and Alex Grubb sent shots to right field that brought around three runners to close the gap to 8-4. In the bottom of the fifth North Carolina A&T would add another home run as Dario Little sent a round tripper to the same area that Riley and Grubb sent their respective home runs to.

Campbell was able to shut down the A&T power attack from that point on as the Fighting Camels allowed only two hits in the remaining four frames.

While the defense was busy shutting down A&T the offense was just getting started up as the Camels would score three in the seventh, two in the eighth and two in the ninth to round out the Campbell scoring for the afternoon. Those innings were highlighted by a Zach Johnson two run shot to right center field in the seventh, a Josh Holskey RBI single to right field in the eighth and a Logan Self RBI double to right center field in the ninth.

Logan Davis started the game on the mound for Campbell and went 4.1 innings while giving up five runs, four of them being earned off of six hits while registering his second victory on the young season (2-0). Corey Carver came in relief of Davis and pitched a gem going 2.2 innings and no hitting the Aggies while striking out three.

Nick Oelker was the starter for A&T was lasted four innings while giving up eight runs, six of which were earned, and seven hits. He registered the loss for the Aggies and is now 0-2 on the 2010 campaign.

These two teams will meet up again on Saturday this time in Buies Creek with a doubleheader that is slated to begin at 1:00 p.m. from Taylor Field.

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Players Mentioned

Bryan Braswell

#11 Bryan Braswell

C
6' 1"
Senior
Logan Davis

#12 Logan Davis

RHP
6' 1"
Senior
Bryce Grady

#6 Bryce Grady

INF
5' 11"
Redshirt
DJ Johnson

#7 DJ Johnson

INF
5' 7"
Senior
Zach Johnson

#4 Zach Johnson

OF
6' 1"
Senior
Ellis Lowe

#8 Ellis Lowe

INF
6' 1"
Junior
Kevin Nelson

#1 Kevin Nelson

INF
5' 8"
Senior
Logan Self

#25 Logan Self

RHP/OF
6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Bryan Braswell

#11 Bryan Braswell

6' 1"
Senior
C
Logan Davis

#12 Logan Davis

6' 1"
Senior
RHP
Bryce Grady

#6 Bryce Grady

5' 11"
Redshirt
INF
DJ Johnson

#7 DJ Johnson

5' 7"
Senior
INF
Zach Johnson

#4 Zach Johnson

6' 1"
Senior
OF
Ellis Lowe

#8 Ellis Lowe

6' 1"
Junior
INF
Kevin Nelson

#1 Kevin Nelson

5' 8"
Senior
INF
Logan Self

#25 Logan Self

6' 2"
Freshman
RHP/OF