EMORY, Va. – The Emory & Henry College Baseball Team (7-23) picked up its fourth win in five games with a 7-2 victory over visiting Greensboro College (11-20) Wednesday afternoon at Porterfield/DeVault Field.

The Pride started the scoring in the second when Tyler Henderson singled through the left side, driving in Zach Neumeister.

Emory & Henry answered in the bottom of the second to tie things at a run apiece. With one out and the bases loaded, freshman centerfielder Josh Macek (Concord, N.C.) drove in junior right fielder Brandon Lineberry (Hillsville, Va.), who led off the frame with a single to left field.

Lineberry put the Wasps up 3-1 in the third with a two-run home run to left centerfield but Greensboro responded with a run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Braedon Jewett to close the gap to 3-2.

After three scoreless innings, Emory & Henry put the game out of reach in the seventh. Lineberry hit his second round-tripper of the day, this one a three-run shot which just cleared the fence in left field to go up 6-2.

The Wasps added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth when sophomore left fielder Matthew Whisnant (Connelly Springs, N.C.) singled up the middle with two outs to drive in Macek who doubled down the left field line on the previous at bat.

Lineberry led the Wasps with a three-for-four day with five RBI and three runs scored on a pair of round-trippers. Whisnant and Macek each had two hits, a RBI and a run scored. Freshman lefty Dakota Grizzel (Castlewood, Va.) scattered two runs and seven hits over seven innings pitched with a pair of strikeouts to record his first collegiate win.

Greensboro's offense was paced by Brandon Soden, who went three-for-four while Neumeister had two hits and scored both of the Pride's runs. Mitch Choros took the loss, allowing four earned runs on eight hits with three strikeouts in 6.1 innings of work.

Emory & Henry will close out the home portion of its season on Saturday when it hosts No. 9 Shenandoah University in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference doubleheader at noon. The contests will also serve as Senior Day for the Wasps, who will honor their four seniors prior to the first pitch of game one.

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-photo courtesy of Caleb Johnston, E&H '15