Published: March 18, 2008 10:31 am         

Garrett drops three out of four

Mercer 5, Garrett 2
Musatine 5, Garrett 4

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - A throwing error doomed Garrett, as the Lakers dropped a 5-4, extra-inning affair to Muscatine (Iowa) in the afternoon after losing 5-2 to Mercer (N.J.) in the morning.

The Lakers were stifled by the combination of three pitchers in the loss to Mercer. Garrett was on the wrong side of a no-hitter until Zach Nair got a pinch-hit single in the sixth. The Lakers would get one more hit, and score two runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Mercer finished with only four hits, but got all the offense it would need by scoring three times in the second inning.

Adam Cox led the Vikings with a home run in the top of the seventh.

Against Muscatine, Garrett scored a run in the top of the eighth inning on a K.J. Ventry double that scored Kris Torrance, who led off the inning with a single.

The Indians got runners on first and second in the bottom of the eighth with a single and a walk. A base hit to right field scored the tying run, and a throwing error allowed the winning run to cross the plate.

Winning pitcher Jeff Potter struck out 11 in a complete-game effort seven-hitter.

Garrett (5-7) plays Sullivan County (N.Y.) today at 3 p.m.



Sunday
Garrett 12, Morris 1
Parkland 4, Garrett 2

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Garrett College turned 10 hits into 12 runs in a five-inning rout of the College of Morris County (N.J.).

The Lakers, however, outhit Parkland by one but came up short in their comeback attempt to finish with a split of two games on Sunday.

Louis Majia had two of their 10 hits and drove in two runs to help the Lakers rout the Morris. K.J. Ventry also had two hits and winning pitcher Cody Loomis struck out six in four innings.

Against Parkland, the Lakers had seven hits to Parkland's six, but could generate only two runs in a 4-2 loss.

Parkland scored the first run in the top of the third inning and increased its lead to 3-0 with two runs in the fourth inning.

The Lakers, led by Kris Torrance's two base hits and Corey Carr's double and an RBI, scored a run in the fourth and another in the sixth to pull within one at 3-2. Parkland, however, scored in the top of the seventh for the two-run victory.

Garrett's Ventry also had an RBI double and Greg Beachy pitched well in the loss, striking out eight through five innings.