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Baseball splits twinbill with North Carolina A&T

BUIES CREEK, N.C. -- Campbell split a twinbill with North Carolina A&T on Saturday at Taylor Field winning game one by a score of 14-5 and dropping game two by a 5-3 tally.

Game one was filled with Campbell offense as the Fighting Camels scored 14 runs off of twelve hits. Zach Johnson led the offensive attack going 1-3 with four RBI and Chris Bangi contributed a 3-for-4 performance that led to two RBI.

The Campbell pitching staff allowed one earned run off of seven North Carolina A&T hits. Matt Sergey was credited with the win as the righty pitched five innings while only allowing three hits to move to 1-0 on the season.

The Fighting Camels were able to score two in the first and one in the second to take an early 3-0 lead but the Aggies would close the gap by one as Ryan Carlton scored on a wild pitch by Sergey.

Campbell (4-3) scored six runs in the bottom of the fourth that proved to be the crushing blow to the Aggies. The scoring started with a Kevin Nelson RBI single to right field that scored Alan Denman. Chris Bangi knocked a double to right center that scored two runners in Nelson and Bryan Braswell. Following DJ Johnson and Ellis Lowe being hit by pitches, Zach Johnson knock a bases clearing double to right center to end the Campbell scoring for the inning.

Campbell followed that fourth inning effort with scoring two runs in the fifth, one in the sixth and two in the seventh.

A&T (2-4) had a big inning of their own as they scored three in the top of the seventh. Xavier Macklin started the A&T scoring with a single just past DJ Johnson at third base that scored Andre McKoy. Macklin later came around to score on a DJ Johnson error. George Hines knocked in the third run as sent a single into left field scoring Marquis Riley.

Bo Rein was dealt the loss for the Aggies as the freshman from High Point moves to 0-1 on the 2010 campaign. Rein went 3.2 innings while giving up nine earned runs off of eight hits.

In game two the tide turned and it was the A&T pitching that pushed them to the lead. Led by a strong effort from senior Nick Rogers the Aggies were able to survive a late Fighting Camel push to win 5-3.

Rogers went six innings strong while giving up just one earned run off of five hits. The Greensboro product moves to 2-0 on the campaign.

Campbell held a 1-0 lead through four innings off of a Cameron Nelson RBI single into shallow left field in the second inning. In the fifth though A&T would grab their first lead of the series as starting pitcher Nick Rogers helped his own cause with a RBI double to right center that scored George Hines. Lester Rivenbark scored Rogers later in the inning with a RBI single to left field.

That 2-1 lead held true for the Aggies until they were able to increase the lead to 5-1 following the top of the seventh. Mark Nales sent a 2-2 pitch from Ben Brown into right field to score Kelvin Freeman. Following a Dario Little walk to load the bases Brown exited the contest in favor of Logan Self. With the first A&T batter that Self faced though he sent a wild pitch to the backstop that would score Rivenbark from third base. The last of the runs was a sacrifice fly to right field from Macklin that brought around Dario Little.

The offensive attack wasn't finished for the Fighting Camels as they scored two runs to cut into the A&T lead in the bottom half of the seventh. The scoring started with Kevin Nelson crossing home following an error by third baseman Dario Little. Alex Aycoth later walked in a run as the senior pushed across Ellis Lowe.

The North Carolina A&T bullpen held strong from that point on as they only allowed one hit in the top of the eighth and held on for their second win of the 2010 campaign.

Frank Zier was dealt the loss as the sophomore pitched 4.1 innings while giving up two earned runs off of just three hits. Zier now sits at 1-1 on the season.

Campbell will be back in action at home on Tuesday against Atlantic 10 opponent Xavier. That game was originally scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m. but due to the threat of inclement weather conditions the game has been pushed back to a 4:00 p.m. first pitch. Campbell will continue their homestand as they will face off against in state rival UNC Wilmington on Wednesday in what is slated to be a 6:00 p.m. start.

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Players Mentioned

Chris Bangi

#15 Chris Bangi

INF
5' 9"
Senior
Bryan Braswell

#11 Bryan Braswell

C
6' 1"
Senior
Alan Denman

#23 Alan Denman

INF/OF
6' 3"
Junior
DJ Johnson

#7 DJ Johnson

INF
5' 7"
Senior
Zach Johnson

#4 Zach Johnson

OF
6' 1"
Senior
Kevin Nelson

#1 Kevin Nelson

INF
5' 8"
Senior
Frank Zier

#18 Frank Zier

RHP
6' 3"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Chris Bangi

#15 Chris Bangi

5' 9"
Senior
INF
Bryan Braswell

#11 Bryan Braswell

6' 1"
Senior
C
Alan Denman

#23 Alan Denman

6' 3"
Junior
INF/OF
DJ Johnson

#7 DJ Johnson

5' 7"
Senior
INF
Zach Johnson

#4 Zach Johnson

6' 1"
Senior
OF
Kevin Nelson

#1 Kevin Nelson

5' 8"
Senior
INF
Frank Zier

#18 Frank Zier

6' 3"
Sophomore
RHP