The ETSU baseball team (2-3) won their first games of the season in a doubleheader against the North Carolina A & T Aggies (5-13) by the scores of 6-1 and 8-7 in Kingsport at Hunter Wright Stadium.
The Buccaneers received a complete game from pitcher Reid Casey and homerun from designated hitter Bryan Crouse, helping them win the first game.
In the second inning, Jeffrey King of North Carolina A&T scored the first run off an ETSU error. In the bottom of the same inning, Crouse hit a solo shot over the wall in right center field to tie the game at 1-1. This is the first homerun by the Bucs this season.
ETSU took the lead in the fourth inning when Jeremy Terry singled to score Kirk Keithley.
In the fifth, the Bucs took advantage of three Aggie errors to score four more runs to win the game 6-1.
Casey pitched a complete game and allowed one run and four hits. Crouse ended the game with two runs scored, two hits and two RBIs.
In game two, ETSU held a 5-1 lead going into the fourth inning when the Aggies’ bats came alive.
Catcher Justin Hall drove in two runs off a double to centerfield. Eric Jones then drove in Hall.
North Carolina A&T would score four more times to take the lead 6-5.
ETSU tied the game at six when Justin Clear walked and then scored on an error by the Aggies’ first baseman.
Freshman Davis Burklin, who was pinch hitting for Clear, hit a single to center that allowed Keithley to score the winning run.
The Bucs swept the doubleheader with the 8-7 win.
ETSU’s Scott Rose went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Matt Traylor was 1-for-3 with two runs scored and Jarrod Hyder was credited with the win in game two.
Hyder pitched three innings, allowed no hits, no runs, and faced 11 batters.

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