Game 4: Furman 6, Presbyterian 0

Making his Furman debut, Hunter Baker tossed seven scoreless innings to lead the Paladins to a 6-0 win at Presbyterian Tuesday afternoon.
Baker (1-0), a 6-foot-7, 240-pound junior, allowed just two hits - a leadoff bunt single and a third-inning single - two walks and struck out two. Baker is a transfer from Spartanburg Methodist, where he had 33 strikeouts in 16 2/3 innings last year.
The Blue Hose (1-3) biggest threat came in the eighth when they loaded the bases against Furman reliever Heath Hawkins with one out. Hawkins got a pop out and a strikeout to escape the jam, and Jake Crawford needed just nine pitches in a perfect ninth to complete the shutout.
Baker became the first Furman pitcher to earn a win in his Paladin debut since Tyler Wood, who tossed eight innings of one-hit ball in a 7-0 win over Ohio, in 2011.
The game was scoreless until the fifth when Walters State transfer Jason Costa was hit by a pitch to start the inning and came around to score on Carter Grote's two-out single.
The Paladins (3-1) padded the lead with a three-run sixth. Sky Overton and Cameron Whitehead each walked to begin the inning. One out later, Furman had consecutive singles by Costa, freshman Logan Taplett, Chadwick Word and David Webel. It marked the first RBIs as a Paladin for Costa, Taplett and Webel.
Overton had two hits, two runs and three stolen bases to lead Furman.
The Paladins return to action Friday opening a three-game home series against Monmouth at 4 p.m.
*Video courtesy of Dan Scott.