LEXINGTON, Va. - Sophomore left hander Austin Devnew (Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam) held Washington and Lee to just two hits and no runs in eight innings of work as Piedmont downed the Generals, 10-3, in non-conference baseball action Wednesday afternoon at Cap'n Dick Smith Field.

After two scoreless innings, the Lions (6-7) scored two runs in both the third and fourth frames, four runs in the fifth frame and one run in both the sixth and ninth frames.

W&L (8-4) couldn't alter the scoreboard until the bottom of the ninth inning when junior catcher Zach Bausch (Vienna, Va./McLean) managed a two-out single to centerfield off of Piedmont junior right hander Jeff McCleskey (Canton, Ga./Milton). Junior Chris Chaplin (Midlothian, Va./James River) then reached first of an error by the Lions' shortstop Chris Russell (Stathem, Ga./Winder-Barrow) before sophomore first baseman Taylor McConnell (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) brought everyone home with his first career home-run.

McConnell, Bausch, senior leftfielder Dan Kagey (Marietta, Ga./Lovett) and sophomore centerfielder Dave Mackenzie (Vienna, Va./James Madison) each recorded one hit for the Generals. Senior right hander Mike Wert (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) suffered the loss (2-2) after giving up 11 hits and eight runs in 4.2 innings of work.

Sophomore second baseman Walker Searcy (Thomaston, Ga./Upson-Lee) and senior centerfielder Stuart Lancaster (Buford. Ga./North Gwinnett) both went 3-for-3 from the plate to lead the Lions to 17 total hits.

The Generals return to action Saturday when they host a 12:00 p.m. doubleheader with Randolph-Macon.
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