STAUNTON, Va. - The 12th ranked NC Wesleyan College Baseball team used their offense and an 8-run inning to roll past Mary Baldwin University 21-11 on the road Thursday in the team's first-ever meeting. 

Freshman 3B Tyson Bass helped the Bishops to the win by going 4 for 5 with 5 runs scored, 2 walks, 4 RBIs, two doubles, a triple and a first inning leadoff home run as he fell just a single shy of hitting for the cycle. 

Senior catcher Brad Pennington also hit a three-run homer in the 4th inning as part of the 8-run inning and part of his 3 for 5 day at the plate. Wesleyan jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the 2nd and then led 5-3 in the 4th before scoring 8 runs to take an 11-3 lead. Freshman OF Zach Scott and sophomore 2B Davie Morgan also drove in runs in the 4th. Freshman 1B Jackson Hobbs then tripled in Bass in the 7th before scoring on a wild pitch to make it 15-4.

Unfortunately, after starter and current Pitcher of the Week, Derrick Carter left the game after 5 innings, the freshman relieving duo of Payne Stolsworth and Cullen Davis then combined to allow all 7 runs in the 7th inning as MBU cut their deficit down to 4 at 15-11. Stolsworth allowed 4 runs on just 1 hit with 2 walks and a strikeout over 1 and 1/3 innings while Davis allowed 3 runs on 5 walks, but struck out four as he finished out the game tossing 2 and 2/3 innings.

Wesleyan, though, would come right back in the 8th to score 5 more runs on three straight RBI doubles from outfielders Alec Titmus, Drifton Padgett, and Bass before Scott homered in two more to make it 20-11. Bass then finished off the scoring in the 9th with another RBI triple.

Carter got the win improving to 8-0 as he allowed 4 runs on 7 hits with no walks and six strikeouts.

Wesleyan improves to 27-6 overall and 15-1 in the conference and will finish off their series with the Squirrels in a 2 PM doubleheader on Friday.