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SEARCY – The Harding baseball squad had its best offensive outing of the season and defeated Quincy 13-3 in a shortened non-conference game Monday at Jerry Moore Field. The game ended after seven innings due to the NCAA's 10-run rule.

Harding, playing its fourth game in three days, improved to 20-4, the quickest the team has ever reached 20 wins. Quincy fell to 3-6.

The Bisons previous best scoring output this season was 12 runs on two occasions.

Sophomore Paul Anzalone went 2-for-5 with four RBI to lead the Harding attack and stretch his team-leading hitting streak to eight games. He had a two-run single in the Bisons' six-run second inning, and drove in two more with a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh to give Harding its 10-run advantage.

Junior Chase Presley was 3-for-4, including his team-leading 11th double of the season. Senior Jason Nappi went 2-for-4 with three runs, two RBI and his third home run, and senior Trent Kinnear was 2-for-3 and scored three times.

Lucas Waddell (3-0) earned the win, going 6.0 innings and allowing three earned runs on six hits and striking out five.

Quincy, a Division II school from Quincy, Ill., had an early 1-0 lead, but Harding scored three in the bottom of the first and led the rest of the way.

Freshman Austen Thrailkill (0-1) suffered the loss in his first collegiate start. The Tampa, Fla., native yielded seven runs (four earned) on three hits and walked four. The Bisons moved to 8-0 on the season against left-handed starters.

Harding has now won four straight and 14 of its last 15 games. The Bisons moved to No. 3 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association South Region Poll earlier Monday.