Florida Gulf Coast Defeats Upstate in Series Finale - University of South Carolina - Upstate

Saturday, April 15

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12 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

16-22, 2-7

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Florida Gulf Coast Defeats Upstate in Series Finale

4/15/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score (.pdf)

Fort Myers, Fla. – The No. 29 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles claimed an ASUN Conference series over USC Upstate thanks to an 11-6 win at Swanson Stadium on Saturday.

Florida Gulf Coast improves to 28-10 overall and 4-5 in the conference while Upstate drops to 16-22 and 2-5.

Scoring Breakdown

Bottom 3^rd – Nick Rivera's three-run home run gave the hosts a 3-0 lead.
Top 4^th – Russell Schwertfeger hit a two-run home run to bring the Spartans to within one run.
Bottom 4^th – Alex Brait's base hit scored Eli Lovell.
Bottom 6^th – Matt Reardon brought home two runs with a double before scoring on a Julio Gonzalez single.
Top 7^th – Jordan Miller led off the inning with a single and scored on a groundout. Pat Raiff scored on a FGCU error while Devon Ortiz crossed home plate on a J.J. Shimko single.
Top 8^th – Schwertfeger scored on an error.
Bottom 8^th – Florida Gulf Coast scored four runs on a sacrifice fly, fielder's choice, an Upstate error and a wild pitch.

Notables

Miller, Schwertfeger, Ortiz and Charlie Carpenter each had two hits for the Spartans.
Corey Fehribach went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a single to lead Florida Gulf Coast.
Upstate outhit Florida Gulf Coast 12-8.
Garrett Anderson (3-1) earned the win, allowing two runs on five hits with six strikeouts in 5.2 innings.
Kenton Herring (4) recorded the save after allowing one unearned run on three hits with three strikeouts in 2.1 innings.
Blake Whitney (4-4) took the loss, allowing four runs on five hits with three walks and four strikeouts in 3.2 innings.

Up Next

Upstate travels to UNC Asheville on Tuesday for a 6 p.m. contest.

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Box Score Recap History

Team Stats

Pitching:

W: ANDERSON, Garrett (3-1)

L: Whitney, Blake (4-4)

S: HERING, Kenton (4)

USC Upstate

Batting:

2B: Carpenter, Charlie 1 ; Schwertfeger, Russell 1 ; Miller, Jordan 1 ; Raiff, Pat 1

HR: Schwertfeger, Russell 1

RBI: Ortiz, Devon 1 ; Shimko, J.J. 1 ; Schwertfeger, Russell 2 ; Bourke, Jake 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Ortiz, Devon 1 ; Carpenter, Charlie 1 ; Schwertfeger, Russell 2 ; Miller, Jordan 1 ; Raiff, Pat 1

SB: Ortiz, Devon 2

Florida Gulf Coast

Batting:

2B: REARDON, Matt 1 ; FEHRIBACH, Corey 2

HR: RIVERA, Nick 1

RBI: REARDON, Matt 3 ; BRAIT, Alex 1 ; RIVERA, Nick 3 ; GONZALEZ, Julio 1

SH: FEHRIBACH, Corey 1

SF: REARDON, Matt 1

Base Running:

RUNS: REARDON, Matt 1 ; BRAIT, Alex 2 ; RIVERA, Nick 1 ; YEAGER, Tyler 1 ; GONZALEZ, Julio 1 ; SMITH, Jake 1 ; LOVELL, Eli 2 ; FEHRIBACH, Corey 2

HBP: GONZALEZ, Julio 1

Devon Ortiz

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