Baseball 3/28/2017 12:00:00 AM

Spartans Sink Buccaneers

Box Score

Lexington, S.C. – USC Upstate starter Blake Whitney allowed one run in five innings while the Spartan offense scored four runs in the third and sixth innings in a 10-4 victory over Charleston Southern at Lexington County Baseball Stadium on Tuesday night.

Upstate improves to 13-14 while Charleston Southern drops to 12-10.

Scoring Breakdown

Top 3^rd – Upstate opened the inning with a pair of singles to put runners on first and second. Charlie Carpenter drove home the first run of the game with a single followed by a J.J. Shimko double that plated another run. After a groundout and strikeout, Drake Harris drove in Carpenter and Shimko with a single to give the Spartans a 4-0 lead.
Top 5^th – The Spartans loaded the bases thanks to three walks. Jake Bourke gave Upstate a 6-0 lead thanks to a two-run single with two outs.
Bottom 5^th - Kyle Vesnesky and Cody Smith opened the inning with singles. Following a strikeout, Nate Blanchard doubled to score Vesnesky but Whitney got a pair of strikeouts to get out of the inning.
Top 6 – Upstate took advantage of three Charleston Southern errors in the inning to score four runs. Hunter Gilbert reached on an error to open the inning and scored on a Carpenter single. After an error and fielder's choice loaded the bases, Russell Schwertfeger drove in a run with a single. Bourke hit his second two-run single of the game for a 10-1 Upstate lead.
Bottom 6^th – A walk followed by a strikeout and a pair of singles loaded the bases for Charleston Southern. The Buccaneers plated a run on a Smith sacrifice fly.
Bottom 8^th – A leadoff walk followed by a single and walk loaded the bases with no outs. The Buccaneers scored a run on a bases-loaded walk and another run on a double play.

Notables

Whitney improved to 3-2 on the season after scattering five hits over five innings while allowing one run with a walk and six strikeouts.
Tyler Weekly (2-2) took the loss as he allowed four runs on six hits with a walk and two strikeouts in 3.0 innings.
Bourke went 2-for-4 with two singles and four RBI to lead the Spartans.
Shimko scored a game-high three runs.
Gilbert, Carpenter and Schwertfeger each had two hits as Upstate finished with 12 hits.
Vesnesky and Mike Sconzo each had two hits to lead Charleston Southern.
Charleston Southern left 12 runners on base while Upstate stranded 10 baserunners.

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