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SEARCY – After having six games cancelled or postponed because of snow, the Harding baseball team finally played its first home games of 2010 on Tuesday, splitting a doubleheader with Drury. The Bisons won the opener 11-7 and fell 9-4 in game two.
Harding (1-5) scored in five of the six innings in which it batted in game one and took a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the second, scoring three runs. Redshirt freshman Anthony Guglielmi had a two-run, bases loaded single to tie the game, and Jason Nappi scored on a Drury throwing error to take the lead.
Junior Clay West doubled in two in the third inning to give Harding an 8-5 lead. Freshman Erin McCarver drove in a run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly. Adam Robertson doubled in a run in the six, and Paul Anzalone scored on a balk to close the scoring for Harding.
The Bisons used five pitchers in the opener, each on a 30-pitch limit. Alex Smith (1-1) earned the win, pitching one inning and allowing no runs on three hits. Senior Troy Keith started and gave up five runs in 1 1/3 innings.
Harding had nine hits in the game, two each from Jason Nappi, Guglielmi and Robertson. McCarver drove in three.
Stephen Bloss (0-1) suffered the loss for the Panthers. He allowed seven earned runs in 2 2/3 innings.
Drury (1-1) took advantage of four Harding errors to score five unearned runs in game two. Kyle Cline (0-1) made his first start of the season for the Bisons and took the loss. He allowed three earned runs over four innings, walking four and striking out four.
Drury's three pitchers pitched well. Harrison Waters (1-0) allowed three earned runs in four innings and struck out four. Chris Marston and Kyle Dyer combined for three hitless innings of relief.
Harding had seven hits in game two with Heath Boyd and Charles Bradley picking up two each. Boyd also drove in two runs. Drury had four players with two hits in their 10-hit attack.
Harding is back in action with a pair of doubleheaders against Alabama-Huntsville on Saturday and Sunday at Jerry Moore Field.
