I haven’t seen anything near a full major-league baseball game on TV. Basketball has dominated my viewing time.
Most of what I’ve noticed is the Phils’ Bryce Harper, whom I watched crash over a rail in one game and hit two homers in another.
The Tigers, Pirates and Brewers are undefeated. The Mets and Marlins are winless. I doubt either status will last.
Maybe I’ll catch Presbyterian against Radford sometime this weekend.
At Atlanta’s Mac Nease Park, not to be confused with McNeese State University of Lake Charles, La., Presbyterian lost by a run yet again to a Power Five school in Georgia.
This time it was Georgia Tech that defeated the Blue Hose, 9-8, in 10 innings on Tuesday evening.
Back on Feb. 27, Georgia defeated PC, 4-3.
In the 10th inning, Tech right fielder Parker Brosius laid down a bunt single, enabling pinchrunner Vahn Lackey to score the winning run.
Center fielder Joel Dragoo and left fielder Jay Wetherington homered for Presbyterian (13-16). It was Dragoo’s eighth blast of the season. Wetherington went 3/5 with two runs scored and three batted in.
The Blue Hose scored seven runs in the first four innings, leading 7-3 at that point.
PC head coach Elton Pollock sent eight hurlers to the mount. Tristan McGregor went the longest, 2-1/3 innings. Tanner Smith (1-1) took the loss.
Georgia Tech (17-10) used a mere six pitchers. The last one, Dawson Brown (1-0) claimed the win.
The leadoff hitter for both teams went 3/5. For the Yellow Jackets, it was also the left fielder, Trey Yunger. Cam Jones, Matthew Ellis, Payton Green and Brosius each had two hits. Ellis homered.
PC’s first Big South series at home commences on Friday at 6 p.m. against Radford.
Take a look at the box.
Behind two doubles and three singles wins, Presbyterian (7-10, 2-1 Big South) defeated Radford (1-13, 0-4), 4-3, at Templeton Courts on Tuesday afternoon.
With the victory, Presbyterian coach John Collins moved into a tie for 10th place on the Big South wins list with his 88th victory as a coach in the Big South. He has coached both at PC and Winthrop.
With wins at number three and one doubles, Presbyterian claimed the doubles point for the eighth time this season. On court three, Presbyterian Evgenios Vasilakis and Pedro Cardoso tallied PC’s first win with a 6-3 victory. At No. 1 doubles, Presbyterian’s Javier Matos and Denim Yadav clinched the doubles point for the Blue Hose with a 6-3 win.
The two teams split their six singles matches. Vasilakis put the first singles point on the board for Presbyterian with a 6-2, 6-2 win on court five. Mamalat gave PC a 3-0 lead with a 6-2, 6-2 victory at No. 2 singles. At number four singles, Presbyterian’s Yadav clinched the victory for the Blue Hose with a 6-2, 6-2 win.
Radford won at Nos. 6, 3, and 1 singles. Matos, at No. 1, and Cardoso, at 3, singles, battled to three sets before coming up short.
Presbyterian plays former Big South Conference foe Campbell on the road on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Women’s golf finished fifth at the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate in Morganton, N.C.
Western Carolina earned the tournament title with their three-round score of 897 (+33). Western Carolina’s Elizabeth Lohbauer finished at the top of the individual leaderboard with her score of 218 (+2).
Maddie Peake shot 77 in the final round and finished 13th at 232. Sarah Boteler tied for 16th at 234, and Sofia Carles was tied for 18th at 235.
A doubleheader against South Carolina State kicks off eight straight home games for Presbyterian (12-23) in softball.
The Blue Hose are to tangle with the Bulldogs at 3 p.m.
No Division I opponent has been kinder to Presby than the Bulldogs, an in-state foe that has been vanquished by the Scotsmen in all but one of their 12 encounters dating back to 2015.
PC’s spring football game is coming up on Friday, April 12, at 6 p.m., under the Bailey Memorial Stadium lights.
The Blue Hose are coming off their best season (4-7) since Tommy Spangler’s 4-3 record in the COVID spring season of 2021. PC finished 2-9 in Kevin Kelley’s only season at the helm.
Steve Englehart enters his third season after going 1-10 in 2022 and 4-7 in ’23.
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