Eagles clinch SAC’s No. 2 seed as Griffin collects 500th career win

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – With the tying run at third base in the bottom of the ninth inning, Raunel Perez threw three straight fastballs, his only pitches of the day, including a swing a miss by Dante Key to end the game and give Carson-Newman a 10-9 win over Tusculum and the No. 2 seed in the upcoming South Atlantic Conference Baseball Championships Sunday afternoon at Pioneer Park.