Box Score HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. —
Tanner Mann-Fix drove in three runs but assorted miscues proved to be the difference in Appalachian State University baseball's 9-4 loss to Campbell on Tuesday evening at the North Main Park Complex.
Appalachian State (8-21) committed two errors, threw five wild pitches, left 12 runners on base and had another runner thrown out at the plate in the loss, its third-straight at the hands of Campbell (16-14).
Thanks primarily to Mann-Fix's two-run triple in the second inning and RBI single in the fourth, App State led 4-3 after four innings, despite the fact that Campbell plated three runs on just one hit in the third.
The Camels retook a 6-4 lead with single runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, then broke the game wide open with three unearned runs (courtesy of two Mountaineer errors) in the eighth.
Campbell also got 5.2 innings of scoreless relief from Phil Stokes (1-0), Erik Dowse and Junior Snow to close the ballgame.
Mann-Fix's three RBI were a career high and his two hits paced Appalachian State's seven-hit attack. The Mountaineers were without the services of red-hot
Tyler Stroup (Thomasville, N.C./East Davidson), who had 10 RBI in the last six games but was a late scratch from Tuesday's lineup after sustaining an injury during pregame warmups.
Freshman starting pitcher
Seth Hardin struck out a career-high seven in 4.1 innings of work while allowing four earned runs on three hits and just two walks.
Winners of three of their last four Sun Belt Conference games, the Mountaineers return to conference action on Friday when they open a three-game series at Troy. First pitch is set for 7 p.m. ET.