University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics
13-17, 0-2
Lipscomb
16-10, 2-0
Late Runs Lift Lipscomb over Spartans
4/1/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Spartanburg, S.C. – The Lipscomb Bisons scored two runs in the ninth inning to break a 3-3 tie as they defeated USC Upstate 5-3 at Harley Park on Saturday.
Lipscomb improves to 16-10 and 2-0 in the ASUN while Upstate drops to 13-17 and 0-2.
Scoring Breakdown
- Bottom 3rd – Drake Harris led off the inning with a single, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a Brett Hawkins double.
- Top 4th – The Bisons took a 2-1 lead on a Hunter Hanks two-out triple.
- Top 5th – Lee Solomon reached on a two-out walk and scored on a Cade Sorrells single.
- Bottom 6th – Upstate tied the game on J.J. Shimko's two-run home run, his first of the season.
- Top 9th – Michael Gigliotti reached on an error to open the inning and scored the go-ahead run on a Zeke Dodson single. The Bisons added an insurance run on a Jake Perry infield single.
Notables
- Hawkins went 2-for-5 with a single, double and RBI.
- Harris went 2-for-2 with two singles and a run scored.
- Shimko went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
- Sorrells and Perry each had two hits to lead Lipscomb.
- Lipscomb had the first two batters reach base in the seventh inning but left the bases loaded.
- Denton Norman (3-2) earned the win with 1.1 scoreless innings.
- Eric Birklund (0-1) took the loss, allowing two runs (one earned) on two hits with three walks and two strikeouts in 2.1 innings.
- Lipscomb left 10 runners on base while Upstate stranded eight baserunners.
Up Next
- Lipscomb and Upstate conclude their series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: NORMAN, Denton (3-2)
L: Birklund, Eric (0-1)
Batting:
3B: HANKS, Hunter 1
RBI: SORRELLS, Cade 1 ; DODSON, Zeke 1 ; PERRY, Jake 1 ; HANKS, Hunter 2
SH: SOLOMON, Lee 1
Base Running:
RUNS: GIGLIOTTI, Michael 1 ; SOLOMON, Lee 1 ; SORRELLS, Cade 1 ; DODSON, Zeke 1 ; PERRY, Jake 1
SB: GIGLIOTTI, Michael 2 ; SOLOMON, Lee 1 ; SORRELLS, Cade 2
CS: DODSON, Zeke 1 ; MARTINEZ, Josh 1
Batting:
2B: Hawkins, Brett 1
HR: Shimko, J.J. 1
RBI: Hawkins, Brett 1 ; Shimko, J.J. 2
SH: Harris, Drake 1 ; Bourke, Jake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hawkins, Brett 1 ; Shimko, J.J. 1 ; Harris, Drake 1
SB: Shimko, J.J. 1
HBP: Ortiz, Devon 1
