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Spartanburg, S.C. – The Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs claimed a 10-5 win over USC Upstate in non-conference action on Wednesday night at Harley Park.
Gardner-Webb improves to 12-14 while Upstate drops to 13-15
Scoring Breakdown
- Top 1st – Gardner-Webb opened the game with three consecutive singles with a run scoring on a Corey Howard base hit. Upstate limited the damage to one run thanks to a double play and a strikeout.
- Bottom 2nd – J.J. Shimko led off the inning with a triple and scored on a Drake Harris groundout. Following a Russell Schwertfeger single and a walk, Pat Raiff drove in two runs with a two-out double before scoring on a Hunter Gilbert single for a 4-1 Upstate lead.
- Top 3rd – Paul Trick reached on a leadoff single and scored on a Howard single.
- Top 4th – Chandler Redmond opened the inning with a single and scored to cut the Upstate lead to 4-3.
- Top 5th – Redmond hit a two-run home run with two outs to give Gardner-Webb a 5-4 advantage.
- Top 6th – Gardner-Webb plated two runs on an error and a Colin Thacker double.
- Top 7th – Mason Fox drove in a run with a single while another run scored on a sacrifice fly.
- Top 8th – The Runnin' Bulldogs scored a run on a sacrifice fly.
- Bottom 9th – Raiff reached on a double with two outs followed by a Gilbert single and a walk to load the bases. Charlie Carpenter worked a bases-loaded walk to score Raiff.
Notables
- Raiff went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI.
- Schwertfeger finished 2-for-4 with two singles and a run scored.
- Gilbert went 2-for-5 with two singles and an RBI.
- Shimko went 2-for-5 with a single, triple and run scored.
- Harris and Carpenter each had a single and RBI.
- Trick went 3-for-6 with two singles, a double, three runs scored and an RBI.
- Fox, Howard and Redmond each drove in two runs.
- Landon Mitchell (2-2) earned the win, allowing four runs on six hits with a walk and five strikeouts in 5.0 innings.
- Bryan Hathaway (1-2) took the loss, allowing three runs on three hits in three innings.
Up Next
- Upstate opens ASUN Conference play on Friday, hosting Lipscomb at 6 p.m.
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