Wardy Polanco was 2-for-3 and drove in four runs as Tennessee Wesleyan College blasted Bluefield 13-1 in Appalachian Athletic Conference baseball Friday in Bluefield, Va.
Shell McClain was 2-for-2 with two RBIs and four runs scored and Cody Stroud, Tyler Albert and Ryan Phillips each was 1-for-2 and scored twice for Wesleyan (27-8, 12-3), ranked 10th in the NAIA. Jarrod Jameson pitched a seven-inning eight-hitter.
* Milligan 7, Bryan 6: At Johnson City, Brandon Malone was 4-for-4 and matched Nate Clifton with two RBIs as the Buffaloes improved to 15-9, 7-7 in the AAC. For Bryan (27-11, 8-6), Preston King, Chris Jeffries and Jesus Astudillo each was 2-for-4, King with two RBIs, and C.J. Owens had a two-run pinch-hit double.
* Delta State 11, Lee 8: At Cleveland, Tenn., the Statesmen scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning and held the Flames scoreless for the fourth inning in a row in taking the first game of the weekend Gulf South series. Ben Pickard was 3-for-5 with a homer and a double and matched Brandon Cummins and Erick Santiago with two RBIs for Delta State (12-11, 9-6).
Andres Nelo was 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored for Lee (19-13-1, 9-11-1). Ben Holland homered and also had two RBIs and two runs for the home team, which got another two RBIs from Chris Adams and two hits and two runs apiece from Siosi Poti and Trenton Hill.
* Motlow State 9, Cleveland State 8: At Tullahoma, Patrick Poteet was 3-for-5 with two homers and three RBIs and Cody Blackburn hit a tying three-run homer in the eighth inning as the Bucks rallied to win the TCCAA game on Darren White’s ninth-inning single.
Wright Hackett was 3-for-5 with a homer, a triple and two RBIs and Austin Phillips had two hits with a homer and two RBIs for Cleveland State. Jammer Strickland also homered and Chris Caffrey was 2-for-3 with two runs scored in defeat.
* Ferrum 9-1, Covenant 8-5: At Ferrum, Va., pitchers Jonah Paul and Alec Mitchell combined on a six-hitter and Scott Gillespie was 3-for-4 with a homer, a double and three RBIs as the visiting Scots won game two of the USA South doubleheader. Luke Harvey was 2-for-4 with a homer in that game.
Kyle Delk had a two-run single and Caleb Bloye had two hits in the first game for Covenant (10-16, 7-10), when Ferrum (18-12, 13-10) wiped out a 8-1 deficit with four-run fifth and seventh innings.
* Oglethorpe 9, Sewanee 1: At Sewanee, the Stormy Petrels used a four-run second inning and a five-run fifth to control the Southern Athletic Association game. Austin Ferlita was 3-for-5 with an RBI and Adrian Celata and Andre Turnquest each was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored for Oglethorpe (16-9, 6-6), while Vernon Trice was 2-for-3 and scored twice. Celata had a homer.
Gus Myer doubled in the run for the Tigers (8-16, 2-11) in the seventh.