University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics
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Furman
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Furman Powers Past USC Upstate
4/14/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Greenville, S.C. – Furman hit four home runs and registered a season-high 22 hits on its way to a 20-6 victory over USC Upstate Tuesday from Latham Stadium.
Furman used an RBI single by Chris Ohmstede, a three-run home run from Jordan Simpson and a two-run home run from Brandon Elmy in the bottom of the first inning to build a 6-0 lead.
Shortstop Sims Griffith gave the Paladins an 8-0 lead in the third inning with a two-run single through the left side to drive in Simpson and Elmy.
Simpson connected for his second two-run home run of the game in the fourth inning to put Furman ahead 10-0.
Upstate pushed across its first two runs of the game in the fifth inning on an RBI double by Charlie Carpenter and a sacrifice fly from Jake Beaver. Erik Samples drew a one-out walk to begin the rally to mark the 21st consecutive game he has reached base safely.
A two-run triple from Jake Jones, a throwing error on the Upstate infield and an RBI single by Ohmstede in the seventh gave Furman a 14-2 lead.
Landon Kay hit the fourth home run of the night for Furman when he sent a three-run roundtripper over the left-centerfield fence in the eighth inning.
Upstate tallied four runs in the ninth inning on a wild pitch, a two-run double from Carpenter and a sacrifice fly by Stephen Dowling.
Carpenter led Upstate with three hits and three RBIs to post his sixth three-hit game and 10th multi-RBI game of the season. The Winter Springs, Fla., native leads Upstate with 33 RBIs and entered the game ranked eighth in the Atlantic Sun.
Harry Norman pitched a predetermined two innings and earned the win to collect his first victory of the season. Dylan Parker (2-2) went the first 2.1 innings for Upstate and took the loss.
Upstate puts the finishing touches on its midweek competition Wednesday at 6 p.m. when the Spartans head across town to face Wofford from King Field.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Harry Norman (1-0)
L: Parker, Dylan (2-2)
Batting:
2B: Carpenter, Charlie 2
RBI: Carpenter, Charlie 3 ; Beaver, Jake 1 ; Dowling, Stephen 1
SF: Beaver, Jake 1 ; Dowling, Stephen 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Fickas, Daniel 1 ; Samples, Erik 1 ; Krider, Zach 2 ; Carpenter, Charlie 1 ; Brittain, Cody 1
SB: Fickas, Daniel 1
Batting:
2B: Sims Griffith 1
3B: Jake Jones 1
HR: Landon Kay 1 ; Jordan Simpson 2 ; Brandon Elmy 1
RBI: Jake Jones 2 ; Kyle Simmons 1 ; Landon Kay 3 ; Chris Ohmstede 2 ; Jordan Simpson 5 ; Brandon Elmy 2 ; Sims Griffith 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Carter Grote 2 ; Sky Overton 1 ; Jake Jones 2 ; Kyle Simmons 1 ; Landon Kay 3 ; Chris Ohmstede 1 ; Jordan Simpson 3 ; Cameron Whitehead 1 ; Brandon Elmy 2 ; Jarrod Rickman 1 ; Andrew MacLatchie 1 ; Sims Griffith 2
SB: Landon Kay 1 ; Cameron Whitehead 1
