ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. – The Greensboro College baseball team defeated the Bishops of North Carolina Wesleyan College in the second game of a three-game conference series Saturday 10-9.
 
Greensboro raced out to a three-run lead in the first inning after Hunter Curtis and Lincoln Hewett recorded RBI hits before Thomas Helms also tallied a RBI on a ground out.
 
Greensboro then added to their lead with one run in the second inning before Jacob Rodriguez extended the lead to 5-0 with a RBI single of his own in the third inning.
 
In the top half fourth, Greensboro struck for three more runs, highlighted by a 2 RBI single by Chance Bryant, to make the score 9-0.
 
The Bishops then went on to score the game's next four runs to pull within five before Hewett made the score 9-4 with his first homerun of the season.
 
After Helms tallied another RBI in the seventh, the Bishops would battle back to within one run over the next two innings but Joseph Hoelle was able to shut the door in the ninth to secure the victory.
 
Greensboro finished with 14 hits with Curtis leading the way with three while Blake Carroll, Hewett, Scotty McGuire, and Rodriguez each had two hits.
 
Wills Hicks earned the win on the mound while Hoelle picked up the save.
 
The Pride and the Bishops will close out the three-game set Sunday. For more information on Greensboro College baseball, continue to follow www.greensborocollegesports.com.