Highlanders Hold Off Upstate

Thursday, May 18

Harley Park

6 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

22-31, 5-14

NJIT

9-38, 2-17

NJIT

USC Upstate

5/18/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

Box Score (.pdf)

Spartanburg, S.C. – The USC Upstate baseball team was unable to erase a six-run deficit as the Spartans lost to NJIT 7-5 in ASUN Conference action at Harley Park on Thursday.

NJIT improves to 9-38 overall and 2-17 in league play while Upstate drops to 22-31 and 5-14.

Scoring Breakdown

Top 2^nd – Johnny Malatesta reached on a fielder's choice and scored on a Rex MacMillan double. The Highlanders hit back-to-back home runs as Matt Cocciadiferro hit a three-run home run followed by Jesse Uttendorfer with a solo home run for a 5-0 NJIT lead.
Top 4^th – Uttendorfer reached on a two-out double and scored on a Justin Etts single.
Bottom 4^th – Jake Bourke led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on an error before a Brendan Brundage bunt single loaded the bases. Bourke scored on a double play. Drake Harris reached on an error, scoring Hunter Gilbert. The Spartans added a run on a Pat Raiff single, an NJIT error and a Charlie Carpenter double.
Top 9^th – Cocciadiferro led off the inning with a double before a walk and hit batter loaded the bases. Cocciadiffero scored on a double play.

Notables

Devon Ortiz went 3-for-5 with three singles and a run scored to lead the Spartans.
Raiff went 2-for-4 with two singles and a RBI.
Carpenter went 1-for-4 with a double and RBI.
Bourke, Brundage, Brett Hawkins and Russell Schwertfeger each had a hit.
Upstate outhit NJIT 10-8.
Cocciadiferro, Uttendorfer and Etts each had two hits for the Highlanders. Those three players, who were the top three in the NJIT lineup, had six of the team's eight hits.
Upstate left 11 runners on base while NJIT stranded seven baserunners.
Andres Fernandez (2-3) earned the win, allowing two hits with a walk in 1.1 innings.
Bryan Haberstroh (4) picked up the save, allowing a hit with two walks and a strikeout in 3.2 innings.
Conner Campbell (3-5) allowed five unearned runs on four hits with two walks and two strikeouts in 1.2 innings.

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