No. 23 Barton baseball falls in extra innings to UNC Pembroke in series opener

PEMBROKE, N.C. – The Barton baseball team (28-8, 11-8), ranked No. 23 in NCAA Division II, fell to UNC Pembroke (27-9, 11-8) in 10 innings, 6-5, Friday evening in the first game of a Conference Carolinas weekend series at Sammy Cox Field. The Braves scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the tenth inning when Ashton Donathan (Sanford, N.C.) hit a sacrifice fly to score Andrew Jenner (Coral Springs, Fla.). UNC Pembroke, which scratched a run across in the bottom of the ninth to push the game to extra innings, was led by Will Hood (Raleigh, N.C.) with two...