
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 20, 1991                   TAG: 9103200235
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: BEDFORD/FRANKLIN 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

MORGAN'S 4 HITS LEAD HIGHLANDERS' VICTORY

Travis Morgan had four hits in five at-bats, including a two-run homer, and Radford held off Richmond 8-6 in a non-conference college baseball game Tuesday.

Morgan's homer in the top of the third inning tied the score at 2-2. The Highlanders pulled ahead 3-2 in the fourth on Rob Amos' RBI single.

In the fifth, Ben Chow, who went 2-for-4, drove in a run with his single and later scored on a bases-loaded walk to Mike Hurt for a 5-2 lead. Rob Cassels, who went 2-for-4, scored in the sixth to make it 6-2.

Richmond pulled to 6-5 on Mark Foster's three-run homer in the seventh inning.

Morgan's single in the eighth scored Donnie Just, who went 3-for-6, for a 7-5 lead, and the Highlanders, who had 14 hits, added another run in the ninth on Amos' sacrifice fly.

The Spiders (6-7) scored again in the bottom of the ninth, but the Highlanders held on.

Vic Hatcher got the victory for Radford (5-10-3), striking out six, walking five and allowing five hits and four earned runs over seven innings. Chris Connolly earned his first save.

see microfilm for box score

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