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Whitney Pitches USC Upstate Past Ohio in Series Opener

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Spartanburg, S.C. – Blake Whitney struck out a season-high nine batters in eight innings as the USC Upstate Spartans defeated Ohio 8-1 in non-conference action at Harley Park on Friday night.

USC Upstate improves to 9-8-1 while Ohio falls to 10-7.

Scoring Breakdown

  • Bottom 1st – Toran Shahidi was hit by a pitch to open the inning. After a strikeout, Shahidi advanced to second on a Charlie Carpenter single and scored on Kyle Gensler's double. Carpenter scored on a groundout to give the Spartans a 2-0 lead.
  • Top 3rd – Aaron Levy reached on a walk with one out and scored on a Nick Bredeson single.
  • Bottom 5th – Zach Lea led off the inning with a double and advanced to third on a Shahidi single. Pat Raiff executed a sacrifice bunt which scored Lea for a 3-1 USC Upstate lead. Following an intentional walk to Carpenter, Gensler reached on an infield single and advanced to third on an error, with Shahidi scoring as a result of the miscue. Carpenter and Gensler scored on a Mason Stewart single, with Stewart coming home on a Will Hardigree double.
  • Bottom 6th – Austin Morgan scored on a Shahidi single.

Notables

  • Whitney (3-0) allowed one run on four hits with a walk and nine strikeouts in 8.0 innings.
  • With his nine strikeouts, Whitney tied Brandon Williams for fourth in program history with 202.
  • Stewart went 3-for-4 with three singles, a run scored and three RBI.
  • Shahidi finished 2-for-3 with two singles, two runs scored and an RBI.
  • Gensler went 2-for-4 with a single, double, run scored and RBI.
  • Hardigree went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
  • Lea went 1-for-3 with a double and run scored.
  • Nick Bredeson went 2-for-3 with two singles and an RBI to lead the Ohio offense.
  • Gerry Salisbury (2-3) was charged with the loss as he allowed seven runs on eight hits with two walks and four strikeouts in 5.0 innings.

Up Next

  • USC Upstate and Ohio continue their series tomorrow at 2 p.m.

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