Baseball 4/19/2017 12:00:00 AM

Pitching Lifts Upstate to Victory over Charleston Southern

Box Score

Spartanburg, S.C. – A quartet of USC Upstate pitchers limited Charleston Southern to one run on four hits in a 5-1 victory at Harley Park on Wednesday night.

Upstate improves to 17-23 while Charleston Southern drops to 17-20.

Scoring Breakdown

Top 1^st – Aaron Miller reached on a one-out double and scored on a Brandon Gragilla base hit to give the Buccaneers a 1-0 lead.
Bottom 1^st – Charlie Carpenter hit a two-run home run, his seventh of the season, to give the Spartans a 2-1 lead.
Bottom 4^th – Hunter Gilbert led off the inning with a triple and scored on a Pat Raiff single.
Bottom 5^th – Devon Ortiz opened the inning with a double and advanced to third on a Brett Hawkins single. Ortiz scored on a wild pitch while Hawkins scored on a J.J. Shimko single.

Notables

Upstate claimed the season series with Charleston Southern thanks to tonight's win as well as a 10-4 victory in Lexington, S.C. on March 28. Charleston Southern defeated Upstate 4-3 on March 1 in Charleston.
The Spartans retired 10 consecutive Charleston Southern batters, spanning a flyout to end the third inning to a hit batter to lead off the seventh inning.
The four hits allowed by USC Upstate tied a season-low.
Making his second start of the season, Jake Bourke allowed one run on three hits with two walks and five strikeouts in 4.0 innings.
Blake Whitney (5-4) earned the win with a scoreless and hitless inning.
Conner Campbell and Trey Van Der Weide each pitched two scoreless innings.
Kevin Dyson (1-2) took the loss, allowing three runs on six hits with a strikeout in 4.0 innings.
Gilbert went 3-for-4 with two singles and a triple to lead the Upstate offense.
Raiff and Hawkins each had two singles while Ortiz, Carpenter, Shimko and Nick Bryson each had one hit.
Gragilla led Charleston Southern with two hits.

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