Baseball team falls just short of walk-off grand slam in game of inches
Posted by The Skyliner on March 25th, 2009Steven Lane
Staff Writer
Photo by: Daniel Jamison/The Skyliner
The Crusaders went into Friday hoping to piece together their first winning streak of the season.
The West Virginia State Yellow Jackets kept NGU in check for most of the game and took a 12-3 lead and that’s when freshman Derek Fulmer, freshman business, hit a three-run shot in the seventh inning that pulled NGU within that pulled the Crusaders within six.
Fulmer came through again for the Crusaders in the bottom of the ninth inning hitting a two-run homer to pull the Crusaders within 3 at 13-10. Rand Stegall, junior business administration, then stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs and crushed one into deep center only to have it fall 15 feet short of the fence as the Jackets won 13-10.
The Crusaders would come no closer in the next two games losing the second 13-2 and the final game on Saturday 6-1.
Fulmer was the standout for the Crusaders this weekend finishing 5-for-13 with seven RBIs and two home runs, which brings his season total to five. The Crusaders were out hit in that series 43-22.
The Crusders’ next game is against Brevard College in Brevard N.C. The first pitch is set for 2 p.m.