WILSON, N.C. – The Barton College baseball team (3-1) shut out Millersville (Pa.) (1-2), 3-0, to win the three-game weekend series Sunday afternoon at Nixon Field. The Bulldogs and Marauders split a doubleheader on Saturday. Millersville is ranked No. 17 in NCAA Division II.
Barton senior
Alex Hart (Raleigh, N.C.) (1-0) came within one out of a shutout and struck out 13 to lead the Bulldogs to the win. Hart scattered eight hits while senior
Jared Davis (Poquoson, Va.) retired the final batter to earn the save.
Barton scored first when freshman first baseman
Jared Beebe (Atco, N.J.) drew a bases-loaded walk in the first frame before junior outfielder
Ryan McIsaac (Millville, N.J.) drove in two runs with a double in the fifth inning to give the Bulldogs some breathing room.
Millersville limited Barton to just four hits but were done in by 11 walks while Conor Cook (Philadelphia, Pa.) (0-1) suffered the loss for the Marauders.
Barton hits the road for the first time this season on Tuesday when the Bulldogs travel to Hickory, N.C., to take on Lenoir-Rhyne beginning at 3:00 p.m., while Millersville faces Nyack (N.Y.) in Kinston, N.C., on Saturday, February 19, in a doubleheader.
