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Facing a must-win situation , Lander brought in closer Brandon White to try to limit the damage . McCormick greeted White with a two-run single in the hole between short and third , giving Millersville a 3-2 lead . But White came back strong , striking out Mitch Stoltzfus , walking Dan Stoltzfus to load the bases , and then struck out both Ben Snyder and Musser to prevent a bigger inning .
Rogers , a Nova Southeastern transfer , gave up three runs , two earned , while striking out five and walking one in four-plus innings of work . White allowed no runs , one hit and one walk while striking out three in two innings before Robbie Hoyt took over in the seventh .
The Bearcats threatened in both the sixth and seventh innings but came up empty . John Mangum ’ s one-out walk in the sixth was wiped out by a double play , and Millersville starter Shannon Cordell walked Will Jones and reliever Matt Ulrich walked Gatlin Minick before a second reliever Stephen Muscovitch recorded a strikeout to end the seventh .
Shannon allowed two runs on three hits with one strikeout and four walks in 6.2 innings .
Ten PBC Baseball Players Selected in Major League Baseball Draft
NEW YORK , NY – Ten Peach Belt Conference baseball players realized their ultimate dreams over the weekend as they were selected in the Major League Baseball first-year player draft . Four of those players come from Lander University with another two from USC Aiken . Francis Marion , North Georgia , Flagler and Montevallo also had players drafted .
The 10 PBC players selected gives the conference back-to-back seasons of at least 10 players taken in the draft for the first time in conference history . It is only the third draft where at least 10 PBC players have been selected .
The four Lander players -- Brandon White , Colby Lusignan , Will Jones and Zach Daly – are the most taken in a single draft in school history . This group surpasses the 2014 draft , which selected three Bearcats .
White , a junior right hander from Chapin , S . C ., was selected in the 12th round as the 349th overall pick by the Atlanta Braves . White was a 3rd-team D2CCA All-American selection , as well as a 1st-team All-Southeast Region selection . The Chapin , S . C ., native was also named first-team All-Peach Belt . He finished his junior campaign with

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a 4-2 record and a 1.12 ERA .
White set Lander single-season records with 33 appearances and 14 saves this season . He is Lander ’ s career leader with 73 appearances and 27 saves . As a freshman , White set the single-season record with 29 appearances and tied a school record by recording 12 saves en route to being named the Peach Belt Conference Freshman of the Year . In 2016 , White allowed 10 runs , five earned , on 29 hits in 40.1 innings . He recorded 60 strikeouts against just 14 walks and held opponents to a . 192 batting average .
Lusignan , a senior first baseman from Eustis , Fla ., was the 833rd selection and went to the Miami Marlins in the 28th round . Lusignan was named a D2 CCA second team All-American ; first team ABCA / Rawlings All-Southeast Region ; and honorable mention NCBWA All-Southeast Region , All-Peach Belt Conference . He started 58 games and batted . 390 with 14 home runs , two triples , 20 doubles , 61 runs scored and 37 walks . In PBC statistics , he was third in on-base percentage (. 493 ) total bases ( 158 ) and hits ; fourth in plate appearances ( 285 ), doubles , RBI , and slugging percentage (. 669 ); and fifth in at bats ( 236 ), home runs ; eighth in walks , nintyh in batting average and 10th in runs scored . Jones , a senior pitcher / infielder from Cordele , Ga ., was the 848th selection and went to the New York Yankees in the 28th round . Jones , the Southeast Region Tournament MVP , was named second team ABCA / Rawlings All-Southeast Region ; second team NCBWA All-Southeast Region and All-PBC . On the mound , Jones posted a 10-3 record with a 3.51 ERA and 106 strikeouts in 110.1 innings pitched . He batted . 254 with four homers , eight doubles , 23 runs , 24 RBI and 17 walks . In PBC statistics , he was first for pitchers in games started ( 17 ) and innings pitched , second in wins , and seventh in earned run average . Jones set a Lander single-game record of 13 strikeouts in 2016 against Young Harris .
Daly , a senior outfielder from Gastonia , N . C ., went in the 37th round to the Marlins and was the 1,103rd overall pick . He was named third team D2 CCA All-American ; third team NCBWA All-American ; first team NCBWA All-Southeast Region ; second team ABCA / Rawlings All-Southeast Region and All-PBC . Daly played in all 60 games and batted . 291 with a school-record 23 home runs , one triple , 10 doubles , 65 runs scored , 77 RBI and 28 walks . He was 7-for-10 in stolen bases . In PBC statistics , he was first in home runs and RBI , second in at bats ( 251 ) and

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