University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics
7-8
La Salle
1-12
Spartans Stop Explorers
3/8/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Spartanburg, S.C. – Russell Schwertfeger drove in three runs with two triples as the USC Upstate baseball team defeated La Salle 7-3 at Harley Park on Wednesday afternoon.
Upstate improves to 7-8 while La Salle drops to 1-12.
Scoring Breakdown
- Top 2nd – Zach Wright led off the inning with a double and advanced to third on a Dylan Evans base hit. Wright and Evans would score on a Ryan Guckin single.
- Bottom 2nd – Jordan Miller led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on a Brett Hawkins bunt single. Miller advanced to third on a double play and scored on a Devon Ortiz single.
- Bottom 3rd – Brendan Brundage reached on a one-out triple and scored on Schwertfeger's first triple of the game. Schwertfeger would score on a groundout to give the Spartans a 3-2 lead.
- Bottom 4th – Ortiz led off the inning with a bunt single and advanced to second on a throwing error by the Explorers. Ortiz advanced to third on a fielder's choice that allowed J.J. Shimko to reach safely. Ortiz and Shimko scored on a Schwertfeger triple, with Schwertfeger scoring on a wild pitch.
- Top 7th – Kevin McGowan scored on a sacrifice fly.
- Bottom 8th – Ortiz scored on a Shimko sacrifice fly.
Notables
- Schwertfeger's two triples are the most by a Spartan in one game since Daniel Fickas had two triples against Charleston Southern on April 20, 2016.
- Ortiz, Hawkins and Zach Krider each finished with two hits.
- McGowan, Austin Constantini and Ben Faso each had two hits to lead La Salle.
- Blake Whitney (1-1) earned the win after allowing two runs on three hits with four walks and 10 strikeouts in 5.0 innings.
- Brian Boocock picked up his first save as he allowed one run on three hits with a walk and seven strikeouts in four innings.
- Jared Mattera (0-2) took the loss after allowing five runs on eight hits with four walks and two strikeouts in 3.0 innings.
- Upstate's current four-game winning streak is its longest of the season.
Up Next
- Upstate hosts La Salle on Friday at 4 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Whitney, Blake (1-1)
L: MATTERA, Jared (0-2)
S: Boocock, Brian (1)
Batting:
2B: FASO, Ben 1 ; WRIGHT, Zach 1
RBI: ARNOLD, Chase 1 ; GUCKIN, Ryan 2
SF: ARNOLD, Chase 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MCGOWAN, Kevin 1 ; WRIGHT, Zach 1 ; EVANS, Dylan 1
SB: CONSTANTINI, Austin 1 ; RIVERA,Yan Carlo 1
HBP: MCGOWAN, Kevin 1
Batting:
2B: Krider, Zach 1
3B: Schwertfeger, Russell 2
RBI: Ortiz, Devon 1 ; Shimko, J.J. 1 ; Schwertfeger, Russell 3 ; Miller, Jordan 1
SF: Shimko, J.J. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ortiz, Devon 2 ; Shimko, J.J. 1 ; Brundage, Brendan 1 ; Schwertfeger, Russell 2 ; Miller, Jordan 1
SB: Ortiz, Devon 1
HBP: Shimko, J.J. 1
