The Sinclair Tartan Pride baseball team didn’t open its 2010 season in ideal fashion.
After traveling to Georgia for two doubleheaders in two days against Young Harris College on Feb. 27 and 28, the Tartan Pride returned home with a 1-3 record.
In the opening game, Sinclair fell behind 3-0 after two innings until the Tartan Pride chipped away at the lead. Sinclair tied the game at 3 on a sacrifice fly by Zach Stewart. Young Harris, though, ended the opener on a Greg Bowder RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning. Pitcher Austin Pressly (0-1) was given the loss.
Later that day, the Tartan Pride responded in the back-half of the doubleheader with a 5-2 victory over Young Harris. Pitcher Zach Botjer (1-0) tossed 5.1 innings giving up four hits, two earned runs and striking out six batters.
Sinclair jumped to a 5-0 lead after three innings and never were threatened by Young Harris. Catcher Justin Marrero went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Designated hitter Corey Throckmortan and outfielder Byron Johann collected two RBIs each.
The following day didn’t go so well for the Tartan Pride. Young Harris swept Sinclair with 10-0 and 6-2 victories. The strong Tartan Pride offense was held to 10 runs in four games.
In Sinclair’s 10-0 loss, pitcher Erik Lamka (0-1) was knocked around in 1.2 innings, allowing four hits, three walks and five earned runs. Young Harris pitcher Jake Montgomery threw six shutout innins to earn the win.
Errors seemed to be Sinclair’s downfall in game two. The Tartan Pride committed four errors while pitcher Jeremiah Kerns (0-1) took the loss in the 6-2 stumble.