University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics
9-9
Monmouth
1-10
Balanced Offense Lifts Spartans over Monmouth
3/11/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Spartanburg, S.C. – The USC Upstate baseball team received hits from 10 different players as the Spartans defeated Monmouth 14-5 at Harley Park on Saturday afternoon.
Upstate evens its record at 9-9 while Monmouth drops to 1-10.
Scoring Breakdown
- Top 1st – John LaRocca was hit by a pitch to start the game. LaRocca stole second and advanced to third on a groundout. Dan Shea struck out but a passed ball allowed him to reach first, LaRocca to score and the inning to continue. Aidan Favia drove in two runs with a single to give the Hawks a 3-0 lead.
- Bottom 1st – Devon Ortiz led off the inning with a single and scored on a J.J. Shimko single. Upstate would add three runs thanks to a bases-loaded walk, a wild pitch and a hit batter with the bases loaded.
- Bottom 3rd – The Spartans plated four runs in the inning. Brett Hawkins brought home Jake Bourke and Russell Schwertfeger with a two-run single. Zach Krider followed with a two-run home run, his first of the season as Upstate smacked five hits in the inning.
- Bottom 4th – Brendan Brundage opened the inning with a single and advanced to second on a bunt before stealing third. Brundage scored on a Bourke sacrifice fly.
- Top 5th – Monmouth added two runs on singles by Shea and Clay Koniencki.
- Bottom 5th – Krider led off the winning with a double and scored on a Drake Harris double.
- Bottom 7th – Ortiz reached on a one-out double and scored on a Monmouth error. Drake Harris scored on a Charlie Carpenter double, with Carpenter scoring on a Shimko double. Shimko scored on a Brundage double.
Notables
- Every Spartan batter collected at least one hit as Upstate finished with 18 hits, one shy of a season-high.
- Brundage and Krider each finished with three hits.
- Ortiz, Harris, Shimko and Schwertfeger each had two hits.
- Hawkins went 1-for-3 with three RBI.
- Loniencki and Shaine Hughes each had two hits to lead Monmouth.
- Kevin Hickey (2-2) earned the win, allowing five runs (all unearned) on six hits with six strikeouts in 5.0 innings.
- Jordan McCrum (0-2) took the loss after allowing eight runs (seven earned) on eight hits with three walks and two strikeouts in 2.2 innings.
Up Next
- After playing five games in as many days, the Spartans are off until Wednesday when they make the trip across town to Wofford for a 6 p.m. matchup.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hickey, Kevin (2-2)
L: McCrum, Jordan (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Favia, Aidan 1
RBI: Shea, Dan 1 ; Koniencki, Clay 1 ; Favia, Aidan 2
Base Running:
RUNS: LaRocca, John 1 ; Jakubowski, Tom 1 ; Hughes, Shaine 1 ; Shea, Dan 1 ; Koniencki, Clay 1
SB: LaRocca, John 1 ; Hughes, Shaine 1
HBP: LaRocca, John 1
Batting:
2B: Ortiz, Devon 1 ; Harris, Drake 2 ; Carpenter, Charlie 1 ; Shimko, J.J. 1 ; Brundage, Brendan 1 ; Krider, Zach 1
HR: Krider, Zach 1
RBI: Harris, Drake 1 ; Carpenter, Charlie 1 ; Shimko, J.J. 2 ; Brundage, Brendan 1 ; Schwertfeger, Russell 1 ; Bourke, Jake 1 ; Hawkins, Brett 3 ; Krider, Zach 2
SH: Schwertfeger, Russell 1
SF: Bourke, Jake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ortiz, Devon 2 ; Harris, Drake 1 ; Carpenter, Charlie 2 ; Shimko, J.J. 2 ; Brundage, Brendan 2 ; Schwertfeger, Russell 1 ; Bourke, Jake 1 ; Hawkins, Brett 1 ; Krider, Zach 2
SB: Brundage, Brendan 1
HBP: Hawkins, Brett 1
