University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics
24-31, 7-14
NJIT
9-40, 2-19
Gilbert's Walk-Off Single Lifts Spartans over NJIT
5/20/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Spartanburg, S.C. – Playing in his final collegiate game, USC Upstate senior Hunter Gilbert hit a walk-off single for a 13-12 Spartan win over NJIT on Saturday at Harley Park.
Upstate concludes the season at 24-31 overall and 7-14 in the ASUN. NJIT wraps up the season at 9-40 and 2-19.
Scoring Breakdown
- Bottom 1st- Pat Raiff and Charlie Carpenter hit back-to-back home runs for a 2-0 lead. Upstate took a 3-0 lead on a Jake Bourke single that scored J.J. Shimko.
- Bottom 2nd – Raiff reached on an NJIT error and scored on a Carpenter two-run home run.
- Top 4th – NJIT got on the board thanks to a two-run home run by Alex Burman. The Highlanders took the lead thanks to a Cody Kramer three-run home run.
- Top 5th – Tom Brady opened the inning with a walk and scored on a single by Rex MacMillan.
- Top 6th – Kramer reached on a one-out single and scored on an Upstate error for a 7-5 NJIT advantage.
- Bottom 7th – Upstate scored four runs on two hits and three walks for a 9-7 lead. A pair of walks and an error loaded the bases for Raiff. Raiff was hit by a pitch followed by a walk to Carpenter that tied the game at 7. The Spartans took the lead on a Shimko two-run single.
- Bottom 8th – Gilbert scored on a Raiff sacrifice fly for a 10-7 Upstate lead.
- Top 9th – After an error on a fielder's choice extended the inning, NJIT scored five unearned runs for a 12-10 advantage.
- Bottom 9th – Shimko opened the inning with a single and advanced to third on a Russell Schwertfeger double. Shimko scored on a Bourke single before the Highlanders intentionally walked Brett Hawkins to set up a force play. Gilbert ended the game with a two-run single to right field.
Notables
- Shimko went 4-for-5 with three singles, a double, two runs scored and two RBI.
- Schwertfeger went 4-for-6 with three singles, a double and run scored.
- Bourke finished 3-for-5 with three singles, a run scored and two RBI.
- Carpenter went 2-for-4 with two home runs, two runs scored and four RBI.
- With his two home runs Carpenter is now the Upstate Division I single-season record holder with 11 home runs.
- Gilbert went 2-for-3 with two singles, two runs scored and two RBI.
- Kramer led NJIT with four hits, three runs scored and four RBI.
- Burman, Matt Cocciadiferro, Justin Etts, Evan Pietronico and Johnny Malatesta each had multi-hit games for NJIT.
- NJIT outhit Upstate 20-18.
- Will Wheeler (2-1) earned the win as allowed one hit in 0.1 inning.
- Bryan Haberstroh (1-3) took the loss, allowing four runs on seven hits with a walk in 1.2 innings.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wheeler, Will (2-1)
L: HABERSTROH, Bryan (1-3)
Batting:
2B: PIETRONICO, Evan 1
HR: KRAMER, Cody 1 ; BURMAN, Alex 1
RBI: UTTENDORFER, Jesse 1 ; ETTS, Justin 1 ; KRAMER, Cody 4 ; PIETRONICO, Evan 2 ; BURMAN, Alex 2 ; MACMILLAN, Rex 1
SH: MALATESTA, Johnny 1
Base Running:
RUNS: COCCIADIFERRO, Matt 2 ; UTTENDORFER, Jesse 1 ; ETTS, Justin 2 ; KRAMER, Cody 3 ; BRADY, Tom 1 ; MALATESTA, Johnny 1 ; BURMAN, Alex 1 ; MACMILLAN, Rex 1
HBP: PIETRONICO, Evan 1
Batting:
2B: Raiff, Pat 1 ; Shimko, J.J. 1 ; Schwertfeger, Russell 1
HR: Raiff, Pat 1 ; Carpenter, Charlie 2
RBI: Raiff, Pat 3 ; Carpenter, Charlie 4 ; Shimko, J.J. 2 ; Bourke, Jake 2 ; Gilbert, Hunter 2
SH: Bourke, Jake 1 ; Harris, Drake 1
SF: Raiff, Pat 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ortiz, Devon 1 ; Raiff, Pat 3 ; Carpenter, Charlie 2 ; Shimko, J.J. 2 ; Schwertfeger, Russell 1 ; Bourke, Jake 1 ; Gilbert, Hunter 2 ; Harris, Drake 1
SB: Ortiz, Devon 1 ; Shimko, J.J. 1
HBP: Raiff, Pat 1 ; Hawkins, Brett 2 ; Gilbert, Hunter 1
