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SPARTANBURG, S.C. - After handing Stetson a
pair of losses over the weekend, the USC Upstate baseball team is
back in action during the midweek playing a pair of teams that sit
atop the Southern Conference in the College of Charleston and The
Citadel. Upstate, which is 14-9 (.609) in the Division I era after
the school's final exam period, is looking for its second straight
upset of the Cougars on Tuesday in Mt. Pleasant, after walking off
with an 11-10 win on April 13. On Wednesday, the Spartans will look
for a win against the Bulldogs for the second straight season after
falling to The Citadel, 10-3, on March 10. The Spartans beat the
Bulldogs, 6-3 on May 6, 2009.
Quick Hits
• Senior Jimmy Tanner is on a 13-game hitting streak, which is
tied for the longest of his career ... Tanner is hitting .434
(23-for-53) with 11 runs, 14 RBI, five doubles and four homers
during the stretch.
• Senior Jimmy Tanner has started 135 consecutive games for
the Spartans since not finding his name in the lineup for the
second game of a doubleheader at UNF on March 22, 2008 ... Tanner's
streak is the longest since Chris Nowak started all 161 games in
his three-year career from 2002-04.
• Senior Tyler Oliver is currently tied for fourth in
school history with eight career saves and his five saves this
season are tied for sixth ... His five saves this season are also
the D-I era record.
• Senior Jimmy Tanner is currently 12th in the A-Sun with a
.379 batting average, tops amongst catchers in the league ... He is
also eighth with a .473 on-base percentage.
• Senior Matt Branham is currently second in school history
with 248 career strikeouts, just 13 away from the school-record of
261 set by Scott Eckard (2005-08) ... Branham needs 12 more
strikeouts to break his own school-record of 82 strikeouts set as a
junior in 2009.
• In his last 24 2/3 innings, junior Philip Brannon has
compiled an impressive 2.19 ERA and quality starts against
hot-hitting Campbell, Mercer and Stetson, posting a 2-1 record ...
He has struck out 13 and walked seven during the stretch.
• Redshirt sophomore Tyler Cook became the first player in
school history to earn ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District
honors in school history, earning First Team honors ... Cook, who
is second on the Spartans with a .327 average and 30 RBI, is now
eligible for Academic All-American honors.
• Sophomore Austin Liput is currently on a career-high
nine-game hitting streak, hitting .343 (12-for-35) with five runs
in that time.
• The Spartans lead the A-Sun with 19 triples this year ...
Freshman Gaither Bumgardner and freshman Brody Greer are both tied
for third with four three-baggers.
• The Spartans have come-from-behind for wins in nine of
their 16 victories, falling behind at some point in the game before
coming back to win ... The team also has three walk-off wins.
