MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The King University baseball team opened Conference Carolinas play with a win at Chowan University. King jumped ahead in the first inning and used a pair of big innings to take the contest 8-1.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: King 8, Chowan 1
LOCATION: Hawkins Field; Murfreesboro, N.C.
RECORDS: King 8-4, 1-0 Conference Carolinas; Chowan 5-7, 0-1 Conference Carolinas
TIME OF GAME: 2:34

KING HIGHLIGHTS

• Junior Renwick ripped a double and a home run, his first of the season.
• Harrison Barger also crushed his first home run of the season as he drove in three on the day.
• Deric Graham and Hunter Barbour added two hits and each drove in one and score one.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Two batters into the game, Renwick gave King the lead with a home run.
• Chowan threatened in the bottom of the first, but Drew Moore left the bases loaded.
• The Hawks loaded the bases again in the third, but Trevor Beards came in and got out of the inning to keep King ahead.
• King broke the game open with four runs in the fourth inning. Rob Sari drove in one with a double before Graham and Barbour came up with run-scoring hits.
• David Carnicella made it a 5-0 Tornado lead as he drove in Graham with a groundout.
• Barger struck in the seventh, lacing a three-run home run to right field, stretching the King lead to 8-0.
• Chowan got on the board with one run in the seventh, but Beards got the final seven outs for the Tornado.
• He worked around a pair of baserunners in the eighth and one in the ninth to give King the 8-1 victory.

FOR THE FOES

• Jared Fry drove in the lone run for the Hawks while their five hits came from five different players.

OF RECORD

Winning Pitcher: Trevor Beards (2-1) 6.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO
Losing Pitcher: Wyatt Beakler (0-3) 6.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 9 SO

UP NEXT

• The teams finish the three-game series with a doubleheader starting at 11:00 a.m. on Monday.