DUE WEST, S.C. -- Ferrum College's baseball team opened Conference Carolinas play today on the road, falling 6-5 in 10 innings at Erskine College this afternoon at Grier Field.

RECORDS
Erskine 2-7, 1-0 CC
Ferrum 1-2, 0-1 CC

THE BASICS
Ferrum scored four runs in the top of the second inning. Niko Papathanasiou crossed the plate courtesy of a fielding error by an Erskine outfielder, then Smith Dickinson mashed a three-run homer down the left field line to spot Ferrum an early 4-1 lead.

The Panthers then picked up a run in the top of the fifth inning off Garrett Pancione's RBI double to left field to make it a 5-1 game.

Erskine rallied with four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the game at 5-5. The game remained tied into the 10th inning when EC's Andrew Tabares had a pinch-hit RBI single in the bottom of the frame to drive in the game-winning run for the Flying Fleet.

KEY STATS
Erskine: Pierce Radke 2-4, RBI; Ricky Dober 2-4, run; RP Jared Guell (W, 1-0) 1 inn, 2 hits, 0 runs, 2 K
Ferrum: CJ Kemmerrer 2-5; RP Connor Cooner (L, 0-2) 0.1 inn, 1 hit, i ER, 2 BB

UP NEXT
Coach Eric Owens' team will be back in action at Grier Field Saturday for the second and third games of the three-game Conference Carolinas series. First pitch is scheduled for 11:00 a.m.