The 16th-ranked UNC Pembroke baseball team pounded out 18 hits and scored six or more runs in two different innings en route to a 16-5 rout of Pfeiffer on Tuesday afternoon at Joe Ferebee Field.

The victory marked the seventh-straight triumph for UNCP (18-5), who also grabbed its seventh-straight win in the series with the Falcons. The setback snapped a six-game win for Pfeiffer (14-8) who had captured eight of its last 10 outings heading into Tuesday.

 

 

Jordan DeLoatch (4-0) threw 100 pitches in staying perfect on the campaign. The former Roanoke Rapids resident and Greenville native yielded eight hits and a trio of earned runs in seven innings of work, while also striking out six. Josh Branch (1-3) took the loss for the Falcons after allowing seven earned runs on eight hits and four walks in just 4-2/3 innings from the hill. He also struck out three.