Baseball 2/22/2017 12:00:00 AM

Ortiz, Spartans Defeat UNC Asheville in Extra Innings

Box Score

Spartanburg, S.C. – Devon Ortiz's infield single with two outs in the 12^th inning scored the winning run as USC Upstate earned a 10-9 win over UNC Asheville at Harley Park on Wednesday.

Upstate improves to 1-3 while UNC Asheville drops to 1-3.

Scoring Breakdown

Top 1^st – UNC Asheville took a 2-0 lead thanks to a Brandon Lankford double and a Joe Tietjen sacrifice fly.
Bottom 1^st – J.J. Shimko's bases-loaded single tied the game at 2. The Spartans took their first lead of the game on a Brendan Brundage sacrifice fly and would lead 4-0 at the end of the inning thanks to a Jake Bourke single that scored Shimko.
Top 2^nd – UNC Asheville scored seven runs in the inning highlighted by a Justin Woods grand slam.
Bottom 2^nd – Ortiz reached on a two-out walk followed by singles from Carpenter and Shimko to load the bases. Brundage singled to score Ortiz before a flyout ended the inning.
Bottom 3^rd – Drake Harris started a two-out rally with a single and scored on a Hunter Gilbert double to make the score 9-6.
Bottom 6^th – Carpenter opened the inning with a single followed by a walk to Shimko. Carpenter advanced to third on a flyout and scored on a Bourke sacrifice fly to bring Upstate within two, 9-7.
Bottom 8^th – Upstate had the bases loaded without an out before UNC Asheville traded a double play for a run. The Spartans tied the game on a wild pitch and had the bases loaded with two outs before a flyout ended the inning.
Bottom 12^th – Harris reached on a two-out single and advanced to second on a walk to Gilbert. Ortiz hit a ground ball behind the first base bag that was stopped by a diving Bulldog infielder but first base was left uncovered. Harris reached third base and raced home as the throw was late to give the Spartans the win.

Notables

Harris, Brundage and Carpenter each had three hits while Gilbert, Ortiz and Shimko finished with two hits.
The 17 hits recorded by the Spartans is a season-best.
Lankford, Carmine Pagano and Jake Madole each had two hits to lead the Bulldogs.
After allowing nine runs on four hits in the first two innings, the Spartan pitching staff scattered six hits over 10 shutout innings for the remainder of the game.
Kevin Hickey (1-0) earned the win as he allowed two hits with a walk and five strikeouts in 4.0 innings.
Derek Smith (0-1) was charged with the loss after he surrendered a run on three hits in 1.2 innings.
The teams combined to hit eight batters.
Upstate left 18 runners on base while UNC Asheville stranded 10.

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