The Shaw baseball team defeated St. Paul ’s on Wednesday in the play-in game to make itself eligible for the 2005 CIAA Baseball Championship.  The Bears took a step closer to making it to the championship game, be defeating cross-town rival St. Augustine ’s 7-4 in the double elimination tournament played at Whaley Colbert Field.  

The game was scoreless in until the fourth when Gerrard Everett’s bases loaded single scored Averil Bryant giving Shaw the 1-0 lead.  Jarel Walter then scored on a wild pitch giving Shaw the 2-0 lead.  St. Augustine ’s would tie the game at 2-2 in the sixth on a two-out single by Baker which scored Cloud.  Shaw (15-17) scored one in the sixth and broke the game open with four runs in the fourth, the highlight being a Bryant two-run double as Shaw led 7-2.

Kevin White (4-3) went nine innings giving up two earned runs, six hits and striking out nine.  Shaw will face Elizabeth City State at noon tomorrow.