Baseball 5/10/2017 12:00:00 AM

Carpenter's Walk-Off Grand Slam Boosts Spartans over Wofford

Box Score

Spartanburg, S.C. – Charlie Carpenter's walk-off grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning lifted the USC Upstate baseball team to a 6-5 win over Wofford on Wednesday night at Harley Park.

Upstate improves to 22-26 while Wofford is 25-25.

Scoring Breakdown

Top 6^th – Alex Malsch reached on an Upstate error and scored on a Kody Ruedisilli double for a 1-0 Wofford lead. The Terriers led 3-0 thanks to McClain Bradley's two-run home run.
Bottom 6^th – Pat Raiff led off the inning with a double and scored on a Carpenter single. The Spartans had runners on the corners with two outs and scored their second run of the game as a result of a Wofford error.
Top 8^th – Bradley led off the inning with a double and stole third base. Following a walk to Mack Nathanson, the Terriers plated two runs on a Reed Massey single.
Bottom 9^th – Jake Bourke led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on a Brett Hawkins base hit. Raiff reached on a two-out walk before Carpenter hit his team-leading eighth home run of the year and Upstate's first grand slam of the season to end the game.

Notables

Upstate claimed the season series thanks to tonight's win and a 14-10 victory at Harley Park on March 5. Wofford defeated the Spartans 4-2 at Russell C. King Field on March 16.
Carpenter went 3-for-5 with two singles, a home run, two runs scored and five RBI.
Tonight's game was Carpenter's first game since April 22 after he missed the previous five games due to injury.
Raiff went 3-for-4 with two singles, a double and two runs scored.
Hawkins went 2-for-4 with two singles and a run scored.
Bradley led the Wofford offense as he went 3-for-4 with a single, double, home run, two runs scored and two RBI.
Massey went 2-for-4 with two singles and two RBI.
Bryan Hathaway (3-3) picked up the win after he allowed a hit in a scoreless ninth inning.
Kevin Hickey started the game for Upstate and pitched a scoreless inning.
Matt Ellmyer (1-3) took the loss, allowing four runs on four hits with a walk and strikeout in 1.2 innings.
Wofford looked to add to its lead in the seventh but Malsch was caught stealing home to end the inning.
Upstate left seven runners on base while Wofford stranded five baserunners.