Pirates Win Series Over Trojans, No Horse Needed - Alexander City, AL

The dirty Pirates of Howard Lake Field overwhelmed the CACC Trojans, who had little protection on Sunday from a Pirate attack that led to the sweep of an ACCC double header in Alex City. CV jumped ahead in game one on the strength of a "no doubter" two run homer by Tristan Farrell that started the seven run Pirate attack. CV committed several errors late in the game that almost let CACC back in, but sophomore stopper Wade Dudley would have none of that, and he collected yet another save with two perfect innings of relief in the 7-6 win for CV. David Head earned the win, throwing 5 solid innings for the Pirates.

Stephen Pittard paced the offense with three hits on the day, while Alex montes and Alex Duhaime each added two of their own. In all, the Pirates pounded out twelve hits in the ballgame.

Game two saw the Pirate offense really go to work, as the Pirates scored in every imaginable way in a vicious sixteen run siege of the Trojans. CV put up eight runs in the first two innings and rode Johnny Gunter's(W 5IP, 3H, 7K) arm as he mowed down Trojan hitters en route to a shortened complete game victory. The Pirates would add another eight runs, all in the fourth inning by taking nine walks and hammering almost every strike the Trojans threw. Antonio Callaway led the onslaught by going 3-3 with four RBI's. Stephen Pittard and Tristan Farrell each added two hits, and Wes Adkins plated another two runners in the game. The final score in game two was 16-2

As things often go in baseball, game three saw the tables turned as the besieged Trojans turned the tables on the Pirates and blew them out of the water to prevent the series sweep on Monday. The Trojans benefitted from some fortunate placement of the ball as several hits fell just out of the reach of Pirate fielders in the 10-0 loss. Tristan Farrell takes the loss in the game, but the Pirates return home with a big series victory on the road against a tough opponent in CACC.

The series puts the Pirates at 16-7 on the year and 5-4 in the ACCC. The Pirates host non conference foe Middle Georgia at the Lake tomorrow.