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Thrice As Nice

May 7, 2009

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Having won games on back-to-back days, the USC Upstate baseball team will take the field on Thursday looking for its third win in as many days when Charleston Southern heads to Harley Park for a 6 p.m. game. The game against the Buccaneers is a makeup of one from March 3 that was canceled due to inclement weather.

Upstate has posted impressive wins on Tuesday and Wednesday, beating crosstown rival Wofford and The Citadel while giving up just five runs thanks to some great pitching performances. The Spartans will look for another great pitching performance from freshman Austin Moyer, who tossed seven shutout innings against N.C. A&T earlier this year, but will face a stiff test in the Buccaneers, who are hitting .295 as a team with 49 homers. The Spartan bats will look to match the Bucs, as the Spartans have pounded out 28 hits in the last two games.

Quick Hits
•Senior Phillip Morgan is on a Division I-era record 16-game hitting streak. In that time, he is hitting .456 (31-for-68) with eight doubles, 11 runs and 17 RBI. Morgan's hitting streak is the longest since Bret Hansen hit in 17 straight from March 17 to April 14, 2007.
• Blake Green has hits in the last five games and the sophomore has hit in 12 of 13 games since coming back from a concussion that kept him out of the lineup for 15 games.
• In his last six outings, junior Teddy Fallon has a 1-0 record with a save and a 3.18 ERA in 17 innings out of the pen. The Florida fireballer has struck out 17 and walked nine during that stretch.
• Senior Eric Guillen has posted four hits in the last two games to become the 11th player in school history to reach 175 career hits. He currently has 176 safeties.
• In his last 15 games, junior Ryan Wilkins has raised his batting average from .077 to .304 by going 20-for-56 (.357) with 17 runs and 11 RBI. Wilkins is currently tied for fifth in the A-Sun with three triples.
• Freshman Austin Moyer has walked six times in the last two games. He has still managed to also go 2-for-4 with a double, a triple and three RBI at the plate.
• Sophomore Keith Bisgounis is 5-for-8 with two runs, two doubles and two RBI in the last two games.
• Redshirt freshman/academic junior Matt Bertino was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society on Monday night. The honor society is considered one of the most prestigous in academia.

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