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Yett's Bomb, 12 K's from Pitchers Lead to Sweep

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – On Harris Yett baseball card giveaway day, it was the senior catcher who came up clutch in the bottom of the seventh belting an eventual game-winning two-run homer down the left field line as Charlotte finished off a season-opening sweep of Delaware 5-4 on Saturday afternoon. In addition to the 11-hit outburst by the offense, four 49ers combined to strikeout 12 Blue Hens on the mound.

"This is best game we've played to this point in the season," remarked Head Coach Loren Hibbs. "We played a very good game today.