Spartans Down Kennesaw State

Friday, March 30

Harley Park

6 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

14-13-1, 1-1

Kennesaw State

14-13, 1-1

Kennesaw State

USC Upstate

3/30/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

Box Score (.pdf)

Spartanburg, S.C. – Andres Kim drove in three runs to lead the USC Upstate baseball team to a 9-3 win over Kennesaw State in ASUN Conference action on Friday night at Harley Park.

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

Scoring Breakdown

Bottom 1^st – Toran Shahidi reached on an error but was retired on a fielder's choice. Pat Raiff scored on an Andres Kim single, followed by a Russell Schwertfeger single that scored Kyle Gensler.
Top 3^rd – The Owls got on the board on a Tyler Simon groundout.
Top 4^th – Kennesaw State tied the game on a Jake Franklin solo home run.
Bottom 5^th – Charlie Carpenter reached on a one-out single and advanced to second on an error. Carpenter scored the go-ahead run on a Kim single.
Bottom 6^th – The Spartans scored two runs on back-to-back bases-loaded walks to Carpenter and Gensler.
Top 7^th – Daniel Seres reached on a one-out single and scored on a Simon base hit.
Bottom 8^th – The Spartans scored runs on singles by Carpenter, Will Hardigree and Jake Bourke, and on a Kim sacrifice fly.

Notables

Kim went 2-for-4 with two singles and three RBI.
Carpenter went 2-for-4 with two singles, two runs scored and two RBI.
Hardigree finished 2-for-5 with two singles and an RBI.
Bourke went 2-for-5 with two singles, a run scored and an RBI.
The Spartans had five players finish with multi-hit games and had eight of nine starters finish with a hit.
Simon went 2-for-5 with two singles and two RBI to lead the Owls.
Kevin Hickey (2-0) claimed the win as he allowed three runs on five hits with four walks and three strikeouts in 6.1 innings.
Will Wheeler allowed one hit with four strikeouts in 2.1 innings of scoreless relief.
Brooks Buckler (2-1) took the loss as he surrendered five runs, two earned, on eight hits with two walks and four strikeouts in 5.1 innings.
USC Upstate left 13 runners on base while Kennesaw State stranded eight baserunners.
The teams combined for six errors in the game, four of which were made by Kennesaw State.

Up Next

USC Upstate and Kennesaw State will play the rubber match of the three-game series tomorrow at 1 p.m.

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