Baseball 3/31/2017 12:00:00 AM

Lipscomb Defeats Baseball in ASUN Opener

Box Score

Spartanburg, S.C. – The USC Upstate baseball team lost its ASUN opener to Lipscomb 19-4 at Harley Park on Friday night.

Lipscomb improves to 15-10 and 1-0 while Upstate falls to 13-16 and 0-1.

Scoring Breakdown

Top 1^st – The Bisons got on the board on a Jake Perry sacrifice fly.
Bottom 2^nd – Russell Schwertfeger reached on a single with one out and advanced to second on a walk to Drake Harris. Schwertfeger tied the game on a Jake Bourke single while a Pat Raiff groundout scored Harris to give Upstate a 2-1 lead.
Top 3^rd – Blake Thomas' triple scored Zeke Dodson to even the score at 2.
Top 4^th – Lipscomb plated four runs, two of which scored on a Jake Perry triple, to take a 6-2 lead.
Top 5^th – Lipscomb scored five runs in the inning with two runs scoring on a Dodson double.
Top 6^th – The Bisons plated six runs on three hits with three runs scoring on either a bases-loaded walk or a hit batter.
Top 8^th – Perry hit a solo home run with another run scoring on a Tyler Bethune double.
Bottom 8^th – J.J. Shimko scored on a Schwertfeger double.
Top 9^th – The Bisons added two runs on a Thomas single.
Bottom 9^th – Hunter Gilbert reached on a double and scored on a sacrifice fly.

Notables

Brett Hawkins went 3-for-5 with three singles.
Schwertfeger went 2-for-4 with two singles and an RBI.
Dodson and Perry each drove in four runs.
Brady Puckett (4-2) earned the win, allowing two runs on seven hits in six innings.
Adam Miller (1) recorded the save after allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits in three innings.
Brian Boocock (1-3) took the loss after allowing four runs on three hits in 0.2 inning.

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