Baseball 5/20/2017 12:00:00 AM

Gilbert's Walk-Off Single Lifts Spartans over NJIT

Box Score

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 1^st- 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 2^nd – Raiff reached on an NJIT error and scored on a Carpenter two-run home run.
Top 4^th – 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 5^th – Tom Brady opened the inning with a walk and scored on a single by Rex MacMillan.
Top 6^th – Kramer reached on a one-out single and scored on an Upstate error for a 7-5 NJIT advantage.
Bottom 7^th – 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 8^th – Gilbert scored on a Raiff sacrifice fly for a 10-7 Upstate lead.
Top 9^th – After an error on a fielder's choice extended the inning, NJIT scored five unearned runs for a 12-10 advantage.
Bottom 9^th – 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.