Tanner Poole collected three hits, helping the Piedmont Pride (25-5) to an 8-3 victory over the Lake Norman Copperheads (12-20) on Wednesday at Winthrop University.
He tripled in the first inning and singled in the third inning.Connor Pate put together a nice outing. The Lake Norman Copperheads managed just three hits off of Pate, who allowed no earned runs, walked two and struck out four during his four innings of work.
Despite the loss, the Lake Norman Copperheads' Alon Smith dominated the Piedmont Pride's batters, giving up zero runs and striking out five.
Corbin Balzer (2-2) was the game's losing pitcher. He allowed eight runs in three innings, walked two and struck out five.