Charlie Drummond's three-run homer lifted Shepherd to a 7-6 win in game one.

SHEPHERD SPLITS WITH WEST LIBERTY

SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV --Shepherd split with West Liberty in WVIAC baseball action on Friday afternoon at Fairfax Field. Shepherd held off the Hilltoppers for a 7-6 win in game one, while West Liberty gained the split with a 3-1 victory in the nightcap.

Charlie Drummond (Strasburg, VA/Strasburg HS) belted a three-run homer in the fourth inning in game one to key a four-run rally by the Rams to help the Rams gain a 7-1 advantage.

West Liberty plated five runs in the fifth to get to within one run at 7-6. Keith Pealer and Eric Bailey each belted two-run homers to highlight the inning.

Drummond retrird the Hilltoppers in order in the seventh to gain his fourth save of the year.

Joe Cook (Leesburg, VA/Loudoun County HS) and Norris Roy (Gambrills, MD/Arundel HS/Hagerstown CC) each had a pair of hits to lead the Rams. Roy also drove in a pair of runs.

Reliever Todd Coder (Woodbridge,VA/ Woodbridge HS) picked up the win for the Rams, while West Liberty starter Brandon Moore took the loss.

West Liberty gained a 1-0 lead in the nightcap in the first when Justin Edwards reached base on an error, moved to third on a Dave Gorby double, and scored on a wild pitch. The Hilltoppers increased their lead to 2-0 in the third when Bill Rinderer doubled and later scored on a double by Edwards.

West Liberty added a run in the fourth when Eric Bailey reached base on a fielder's choice and later scored on a double by James Gaskins to make it 3-0.

Shepherd threatened in the sixth but only scored one run. Shane Wines (Front Royal, VA/Warren County HS) lifted a sacrifice fly to left to score Cook, who led off with a single. The Rams had the bases loaded with two outs when reliever Josh Tysk got Jason Walck (Waynesboro, PA/ Waynesboro HS) to ground out into a force play.

Drummond went 3-for-4 to pace the Rams at the plate, while Rinderer went 3-for-4 to lead the Hilltoppers.

Ram starter Tony Magnanelli (Frederick, MD/Frederick HS) took the loss, while Matt Brown picked up the win for West Liberty.

Shepherd moves to 13-14 overall, 3-5 in WVIAC play, while West Liberty is now 11-20, 4-3. The two teams return to action on Saturday at Fairfax Field for a single game at 1:00 p.m.

Game One

West Liberty 100 050 0 6 7 3

Shepherd 210 400 X 7 9 3

McCullough, Coder (4), Kirkpatrick (5), Drummond (7) and Drummond, Serrano (7); Moore, Tysk (4) and Darrah.

HR: SC - Drummond (4th, two on) WL - Pealer (5th, one on), Bailey (5th, one on).

WP: Coder (1-0)

LP: Moore

Sv: Drummond (4)

Game Two

West Liberty 101 100 0 3 9 0

Shepherd 000 001 0 1 7 1

Magnanelli, Bowie (5) and Drummond; Brown, Stephens (6), Tysk (6) and Gaskins.

HR: none

WP: Brown

LP: Magnanelli (1-2)

Joe Cook rounds third to score the winning run on a Norris Roy single in the fourth inning in game one.

Charlie Drummond belted his 12th home run of the year in game one.

Todd Coder picked up his first collegiate win for the Rams in game one.

Josh Delawder had a hit and scored a run for the Rams in game one.

Charlie Drummond picked up his fourth save of the year.

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