Published: May 02, 2008 02:09 pm         

Ashby, Southern overpower Keyser

Southern senior gets seven hits, including four homers, in twinbill sweep

OAKLAND - Jason Ashby had a day most players only dream of having and Southern scored 10 runs in the second inning of each game as the Rams swept Keyser, 16-7 and 16-3, in an Appalachian Mountain Athletic Conference doubleheader at Southern.

Ashby belted four home runs, including two in the same inning in the second game, in powering the Rams, now 9-5 overall and 6-5 in the conference. He finished with seven hits and 10 runs batted in for the afternoon.

In the opener, Ashby hit a three-run homer and a single and Cody Parsons belted a two-run homer and a single to lead a 12-hit attack.

Southern trailed 1-0 until the 10-run second. Both of Parsons' hits, as well as a two-run double by Jake Briley, came in the big inning. Ashby's homer came in a four-run third that made it 14-1.

Keyser had 11 hits, with Scott Smith getting a double and single and Tyler Rohrbaugh and Maverick Nelson collecting two singles.

Nathan King pitched the first five innings for the victory. Jordan Pacella pitched two scoreless relief innings.

The Rams put the second game away early with a six-run first and a 10-run second.

Ashby led the way with three homers, a single and seven RBIs in the five-inning game. He belted a two-run homer in the first, and had two-run and three-run blasts in the second.

Nick Tressler had three singles and an RBI, Briley a double and single, Parsons two singles and two RBIs and Reece Duncan two singles and an RBI for the Rams, who had 16 hits.

Parsons, who pitched the first four innings, and Briley combined for a three-hitter.

Tyler Logsdon had an RBI single for Keyser.

Keyser is scheduled to play at Mountain Ridge on Saturday at noon. Southern also plays Mountain Ridge on Saturday, at the Frostburg Armory, at 3 o'clock. The teams will pick up a game suspended earlier in the year by rain. Southern leads 3-0 in the first inning.

The Rams will host Northern on Monday at 4:30.