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Lopez Leads Campbell Past ETSU 17-8

BUIES CREEK, N.C. -- Senior Jonathon Lopez went six scoreless innings of relief, while striking out seven, to lead Campbell past ETSU 17-8 on Friday night at Taylor Field.

Lopez came into the contest in the fourth inning and posted his best outing of the year as the lefty faced just three over the minimum in the final six innings to lead Campbell to its third win in four games. His six innings pitched was his longest outing in the Orange and Black and his seven strikeouts was the most he has had while at Campbell. Lopez with the decision moves to 2-0 on the season.

With the win Campbell moves to 20-19 overall and a 6-13 mark in conference play. ETSU lost its third straight and falls to 20-17 with a record of 9-7 in Atlantic Sun action.

"It was a good win for us," Campbell head coach Greg Goff stated. "It was great to see Jonathon Lopez pitch the way that he did tonight and it was great to see the crowd getting behind him the longer he went in the game. I was proud of our team tonight, I was proud of the support, tonight was a good night," he continued.

It was a good night for Campbell as they scored in every inning of the contest and pounded out 23 hits as all of the starters registered a hit. The Camels took the lead for good in the fourth as they scored four runs off of ETSU starter Chas Byrne.

The game went back and forth throughout the first three innings as ETSU scored three in the first, one in the second and four in the third. Campbell countered that offense with two in the first, a three run mark in the second and plated a runner in the third to trail 8-6 at the end of the third stanza.

Two out hits were key for the Fighting Camels as they scored seven runs with two outs in the inning. That was the story in the fourth as following Josh Holskey's popout to shortstop, which registered the second out of the inning, Campbell mounted a rally and scored off of an RBI single by Kevin Nelson and a bases clearing three RBI double to right center by Bryan Braswell.

Campbell pushed across three in the fifth off of a Zach Johnson round tripper to left field.

The Fighting Camels scored in the sixth off of a DJ Johnson RBI single to right field and plated two more in the seventh off of throwing error by ETSU third baseman Bo Reeder and a RBI single up the middle by Bryan Braswell. Campbell closed out the scoring in the eighth with a Holskey single to left field that brought around Zach Johnson.

Zach Johnson led the way offensively for the Camels as the senior set career and season high marks with five hits. Five Camels collected multiple RBI as Braswell tied his season and career high mark with four on the evening and Zach Johnson registered three. Ellis Lowe, Alex Aycoth and DJ Johnson all had two apiece.

This marks the first win at home in conference play for Campbell since March 20 when it beat Kennesaw State. The win also marked the first back-to-back wins since March 20-23 when the Fighting Camels defeated the Owls and then went on to defeat NC State.

Derek Trent led the way for the Bucs as the junior went 2-for-4 with three RBI. Bo Reeder also had a good night as the sophomore went 3-for-5.

ETSU starter Chas Byrne was dealt the loss as the righty lasted 3.2 innings while giving up ten runs (nine earned) off of 11 hits. Byrne falls to 3-5 on the season.

Campbell will face off against ETSU in a doubleheader starting at 1:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon at Taylor Field.

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Players Mentioned

Alex Aycoth

#30 Alex Aycoth

INF
6' 3"
Senior
Bryan Braswell

#11 Bryan Braswell

C
6' 1"
Senior
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

Players Mentioned

Alex Aycoth

#30 Alex Aycoth

6' 3"
Senior
INF
Bryan Braswell

#11 Bryan Braswell

6' 1"
Senior
C
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