Baseball 3/8/2017 12:00:00 AM

Spartans Stop Explorers

Box Score

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 2^nd – 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 2^nd – 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 3^rd – 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 4^th – 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 7^th – Kevin McGowan scored on a sacrifice fly.
Bottom 8^th – 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.

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