Spartans Set for Final Home Series of 2011
5/13/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – USC Upstate is set for its final three home games of the season as they welcome pre-season Atlantic Sun favorite Mercer to Harley Park for a trio of contests beginning on Saturday evening at 5:00 p.m. Following Saturday's single game, the two teams will wrap-up the series with a doubleheader on Sunday beginning at 1:00 p.m.
Last season in Macon, Ga. (Apr. 23-24, 2010), Mercer claimed a 2-1 series victory after taking games one and three by scores of 8-6 and 5-2, respectively. The Spartans claimed the middle game of the series, 5-2.
First Pitch…
• Blake Green and Luke Weber are looking to set new school marks... Blake Green needs just two hits to become the new single season leader, currently the Rock Hill, S.C., native has 82 hits in 2011... Meanwhile, Luke Weber connected on his 20th double of the season on Wednesday night against The Citadel and is tied for the school-record and is just the third player in program history to tally 20 doubles in one season.
• Six different Spartans recorded multiple hits in the series finale at Kennesaw State (5/7)... Tyler Miller led the way with four hits, while Blake Green, Trey Richardson, Grason Wiggins and Branden Millhouse each tallied three hits... Wiggins connected on his first career home run and Luke Weber joined the hit parade with two hits.
• The Spartans totaled 20 hits in the 13-9 win over Kennesaw State (5/7) and it marked the first time in nearly two years that the Spartans tallied 20 hits (North Florida, 22 hits, L, 16-21, DH Game 1).
• Blake Green became just the ninth Spartan in program history to tally 200 or more career hits with his RBI single in the top of the sixth at Virginia Tech on May 4th.
• Scott DeCecco carried a no-hitter into the fifth and tied a career-high with 8.1 innings pitched at The Citadel on Apr. 23... DeCecco tossed 125 pitches allowing just two runs on seven hits to pick up his fourth win of 2011... Jake Waller recorded the final two outs against the Bulldogs and earned his first career save.
• Christian Faust tallied a career-high three hits against The Citadel on Apr. 23 (DH Game 1)... Blake Green and Gaither Bumgardner also picked up three hits in the game to help lead the Spartans to the 6-2 win.
• Luke Weber drove in what proved to be the game-winning run with his double off of the wall in left in the top of the ninth inning at Lipscomb (DH Gm 2)... Austin Liput scored on Weber's RBI double, giving the Spartans the 4-3 win.
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