Written by Sarah Kyle<\/p>\n
The Harding University Bison baseball team defeated University of Arkansas-Monticello 7-1 Sunday afternoon at Jerry Moore Field, overcoming a split doubleheader Saturday and winning the series.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
After Sunday’s game, Harding (28-6, 7-2) is tied for second place with Arkansas Tech University in the Gulf South Conference West Division, trailing a game behind Delta State University in the lead.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
After Saturday’s double-header, with Harding winning the first game 10-7 and Arkansas-Monticello (10-17, 1-8) taking the second 8-2, the Bisons came back strong in Sunday’s game with a four-run streak in the eighth inning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The streak broke a three- inning dry spell for the Bisons, bringing the score to 7-1 and solidifying Harding’s lead.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Senior Charles Bradley, Bison lead hitter for the game, said the team cameinto the inning focused and ready to hit big.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“We kind of have this little switch that we turn on,” Bradley said. “We don’t know when it’s going to turn on, but when it’s turned on, we are a very good team…. Turning that little switch on there was big for us.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Bradley finished the gamewith three RBIs, driving in Harding’s first two runs with a single in the second inning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Sophomore pitcher Logan Holthaus returned to the mound for eight innings during Sunday’s game after being injured by a line drive to the shoulder during a game against Christian Brothers University on March 20.Holthaus is 4-0 for the season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Logan’s been outstanding for us,”said head coach Patrick McGaha. “We really missed him last week at [Ouachita Baptist University], and it was great to have him back on the mound…. He just kept throwing it all day anddid a great job.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Holthaus’ return was joinedby the return of Arkansas- Monticello designated hitter Wayne Hawkins, who made his first debut since a colli- sion with a South Florida first baseman broke his jaw. Hawkins was named regional and national hitter of the week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association earlier this season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Both teams faced strong winds all nine innings, but McGaha said the Bisons overcame the elements to clinch the series, hitting low and hard to avoid the wind.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“It’s so difficult with the wind and how it was today,” McGaha said. “I felt like we gave some at-bats away early, but as the game progressed we started getting some solid hits. We did that quite a bit yesterday in game two, so we felt a little snake-bit, but we ended up making some plays and forcing some mistakes on their defense when we had to.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Bisons beat Lyon College in Batesville 15-1 on Tuesday, April 5, heading into a three-game GSC series with Southern Arkansas on Saturday at Jerry Moore Field.<\/p>\n
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