HARDEEVILLE, S.C. - Behind an all-around team effort on Tuesday afternoon, the USCB baseball team tamed Edward Waters, 11-1 and 14-2, in a non-conference doubleheader to conclude the Sand Sharks' home portion of the 2021 season at Richard Gray Stadium. 

INSIDE THE GAME ONE BOX SCORE

Clint Sellers - 3-for-3, home run, triple, double, three RBIs, three runs

Alexander Humphrey - 2-for-4, home run, three RBIs, one run

Wesley Ambrose - 2-fr-3, double, one RBI, two runs

Nick Milhan - 2-for-4, double, one run

Brevon Harper - 2-for03, double, one RBI

Brian Meyer - 1-for-2, one RBI, one run

Javier Saenz - win, two innings, four hits, one run, one strikeout

Jacob Judy - one inning, no hits, no runs, two strikeouts

Tucker Dove - one inning, no runs, not hits, no walks

Glenn Williams - one inning, no runs, no hits, two strikeout

Cam Mathis - two innings, one hit, no run, no walks, one strikeout

HOW GAME ONE HAPPENED

USCB's offense started red hot with a three-run first inning. Leandy Castro connected with a RBI single to start the scoring, and Humphrey capped off the scoring with a bases-clearing, two RBI double.

After letting up one run in the second, USCB padded its lead with a two-run second inning. Sellers smacked a run-scoring triple, and Meyer plated his teammate on a sacrifice fly to make the game 5-1.

After adding solo runs in the third (Humphrey homer) and fourth (Castro RBI groundout) innings, the Sand Sharks posted another big inning with four runs off four hits and an error in the fifth frame. Milhan started the rally with a double, and after a pop out, Harper collected a single to score his teammate. After a wild pitch, Ambrose dropped a RBI single to right, and Sellers ended the scoring by sailing a two-run homer over the left field fence. The second long ball of the game made the contest 11-1.

After both teams left one runner on base in the seventh, Mathis finished off the game with a 1-2-3 seventh inning to seal the 10-run win for USCB.

INSIDE THE GAME TWO BOX SCORE

Marino Sorbara - 2-for-4, triple, four RBIs, one run

Sellers - 3-for-3, three singles, one run

Kyran Russ - 2-for-4, two singles, two RBIs, two runs

Castro - 2-for-4, two doubles, one RBI, one run

Justin Owen - 2-for-4, one RBI, one run

Meyer - 2-for-4, triple, two RBIs, one run

Ryan Reynolds - two innings, one hit, no runs, two strikeouts

DJ Lawler - one inning, no hits, no runs, no walks, one strikeout

Andre Sasseville - one inning, no runs, no hits, no walks, two strikeouts

Brian Bromley - one inning, no runs, no hits, no walks, two strikeouts

Eamonn Collins - one inning, no runs, no hits, no walks, two strikeouts

HOW GAME TWO HAPPENED

Unlike game one, USCB's offense didn't score right away. In fact, it combined for three hits and three runners left on base in the first two innings.

However, that quickly changed with a momentum-turning, five-run third inning. Sellers started the frame with a single, and Russ plated him to take the first lead of the day. After a walk, Jack Slavin reached on a fielding error, and Castro touched home to double the lead. Headlining the frame with a bases-clearing, three RBI triple from Sorbara. The ringing triple advanced the lead to 5-0.

EWC tried to claw back into the contest when Carlos Garcia got ahold of a two-run blast, but the Sand Sharks' offense added to its lead in the bottom of the fifth. 

In the fifth, USCB sent 12 batters to the plate, which resulted in a jaw-dropping, eight-run frame. After a Slavin double and a bunt hit from Owen, Sorbara, again, came up clutch with a RBI single. Humphrey followed with a pinch-hit RBI single to push the lead to five, 7-2. A batter later, Meyer totaled a triple of his own to score two. Castro joined in on the action with a RBI double, and he eventually touched home on a Russ' single to right. Up 11-2, Owen put the ball in play, which led to a Tiger error and two more runs to touch home to account for the eight-run inning. 

After a 1-2-3 top of the sixth, USCB added on an insurance run in the sixth with Tucker Czech's second career hit - a RBI single to third.

Not giving EWC a chance to comeback, USCB sent in its closer - Collins - to slam the door, and he did that with a pair of strikeouts and a groundout. 

TEAM RECORD UPDATES

USCB - 25-17 overall

Edward Waters - 11-24 overall

WHAT'S NEXT?

The Sand Sharks will play a pivotal, three-game Sun Conference series at Webber International beginning with a 6 p.m. series opener on Friday, April 23 in Babson Park, Fla.