BUIES CREEK, N.C. -- Alan Denman hit the go ahead two RBI double into right center field to push Campbell to a 9-5 victory in game two of the doubleheader against Savannah State on Saturday afternoon. Savannah State powered past the Fighting Camels 21-5 in game one earlier in the day.

Savannah State was able to bounce back from a disappointing 16-1 defeat to the Camels in game one of the series to come back and put on an offensive display in game two as the Tigers powered 21 runs off of 25 hits. The game was the second longest of the season as the contest went four hours and 29 minutes and neither team was able to retire the other in order. Campbell also fell to 0-3 when the opponents score first in a contest, the Fighting Camels are 6-1 when they score first.

The scoring came early and often for the Tigers, who picked up their first win against a Division I opponent in the 2010 season. Savannah State scored four runs in the first, one in the second, four in the fourth, three in the seventh, four in the eighth and five in the ninth. Campbell starting pitcher Matt Sergey was knocked out of the game early lasting just 1.2 innings for Campbell while giving up three runs off of seven hits. Sergey falls to 1-1 on the season.

Campbell was able to draw within two runs as they scored two runs in the bottom of the third to bring the score 5-3. From that point Campbell was outscored 16-2 by the visitors. The 21 runs given up by the Campbell offense was the most given up by the Fighting Camels since March 21, 2009 when they gave up the same to East Tennessee State.

The Fighting Camels were led by four players who registered multiple hits including (2-for-4), (2-for-4), (2-for-3), and (2-for-3). also registered three RBI off of an RBI single in the first, and a two run round tripper that he sent to deep left field. Zach JohnsonDJ JohnsonBlake BoyceZach JohnsonChris Bangi

Joseph McCrary was the ringleader for Savannah State as the third baseman went 4-for-5 and five RBI for the Tigers in game two. Six Savannah State players had three hits on the contest including Dexter Kelly, Jonathan Ross, Matthew Nowacki, Emory Barkley, and John Arnold. Ross, Kelley, Nowacki, Barkley, McCrary and Arnold all registered multiple RBI for the Tigers as well in game one.

The Tigers rode the arm of Michael Allegretti who went seven innings while giving up just four runs. The junior went the longest of any opposing pitcher this season that the Fighting Camels have faced in not only innings but also pitches thrown as Allegretti stayed in the game for 132 pitches. Allegretti, with the win, moves to 1-2 on the 2010 campaign for Savannah State.

Campbell (6-4) received a great pitching performance from Logan Davis in game two as the senior lasted 7.1 innings while giving up five runs. Davis was not a factor in the decision though as Savannah State tied the contest in the eighth inning and Daniel Gardo pitched 1.2 innings of one hit baseball to pick up his first win of the season (1-0).

Campbell and Savannah State went toe to toe with each other through five innings but in the bottom of the sixth inning Campbell pushed ahead 5-4 off of a gutsy double steal when Bryan Braswell stole second and Zach Johnson rushed home.

The lead only lasted into the top of the eighth when Matthew Nowacki sent a RBI double to right field that brought around Jonathan Ross to score the tying run.

The tie was broken in the bottom of the eighth when Denman sent his RBI double into right center field. Later in the inning it was RBI hits from Logan Self and DJ Johnson that pushed the score to the final margin of 9-5.

Savannah State (2-9) was led by Jonathan Ross in game two with a 2-for-4 outing with an RBI. Kevin Herlihy picked up the loss for the Tigers as the righty went 2.2 innings giving up five runs off of seven hits and moves to 0-2.

Campbell will be back in action at Taylor Field on Tuesday with a 6:00 p.m. start against LaSalle. LaSalle sits at 0-5 on the season as they have dropped three contests to NC State while getting outscored 65-15 and have dropped two one run contests to Old Dominion this weekend.