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Brevard Battles Back to Upend Hawks, 8-5

The Brevard College baseball team (11-13, 5-5 USAS) scored seven unanswered runs and shut down Huntingdon College (13-17, 4-8 USAS) over the game’s final five innings to claim a key conference victory, 8-5, on a sunny Friday afternoon at Gil Coan Field.

Junior shortstop Jason Jucker led the way offensively for the Tornados with a 2-for-5 effort with a double and three RBI’s. Jucker led five Tornados with multi-hit performances, as Zach Allison, Logan Clark, Peter Fumero, and Noah Harris all logged two hits in the game. Clark added his first collegiate double while Allison tallied an RBI. Fumero recorded a sacrifice hit and a stolen base in the matchup.

Nathan Sanders (3-2) was the pitcher of record after relieving Trenten Anderson, who lasted 3.2 innings of work. Sanders hurled 2.1 hitless innings with a pair of key strikeouts to keep the Tornados in the lead. Bryce Bowers worked a pair of innings with a strikeout and no runs allowed before senior right-handed pitcher Huntley Hacker earned his third save of the season with a perfect ninth inning to clinch the three-run victory.