Spartans Drop ASUN Opener to Kennesaw State

Thursday, March 29

Harley Park (ASUN.TV)

6 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

13-13-1, 0-1

Kennesaw State

14-12, 1-0

Kennesaw State

USC Upstate

3/29/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

Box Score (.pdf)

Spartanburg, S.C. – Kennesaw State scored nine runs in the final four innings as the Owls defeated USC Upstate 9-4 in the ASUN Conference opener for both teams at Harley Park on Thursday evening.

Kennesaw State improves to 14-12 overall and 1-0 in league play while USC Upstate falls to 13-13-1 and 0-1.

Scoring Breakdown

Bottom 4^th – Pat Raiff reached on a double with one out. Charlie Carpenter followed with his second home run of the season, a two-run shot to right field, for a 2-0 lead.
Top 6^th – Terence Norman drove in two runs with a two-out single.
Top 7^th – The Owls scored the go-ahead run on a bases-loaded walk and added three runs on a Jake Franklin three-run double.
Top 9^th – The Owls added two runs on a Griffin Helms double and another run on a Norman base hit.
Bottom 9^th – Raiff opened the inning with a single and scored on a Carpenter triple. Carpenter would score on a groundout.

Notables

Raiff finished 3-for-4 with three singles and two runs scored.
Carpenter went 2-for-4 with a home run, triple, two runs scored and three RBI.
Austin Morgan and Russell Schwertfeger each had a single.
Helms finished 2-for-4 with a single, double and three RBI
Norman went 2-for-5 with two singles and three RBI.
Franklin went 1-for-3 with a double and three RBI.
AJ Moore (3-0) earned the win as he allowed two runs on four hits with a walk and 10 strikeouts in 7.0 innings.
Trey Van Der Weide (2-3) took the loss, allowing five runs on three hits with three walks and a strikeout in 1.2 innings.
Blake Whitney struck out seven batters as he scattered a walk and three hits in 5.0 innings.
Kennesaw State left eight runners on base while USC Upstate stranded four baserunners.

Up Next

Kennesaw State and USC Upstate continue the series on Friday at 6 p.m.

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