Baseball

Spartans Rally Past Charleston Southern

Box Score

Box Score (.pdf)

Charleston, S.C. – Will Hardigree recorded a career-high four hits, including a single that plated the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, as USC Upstate scored five runs in the final three innings to defeat Charleston Southern 7-3 at CSU Ballpark on Wednesday night.

USC Upstate improves to 6-6-1 while Charleston Southern drops to 6-8.

Scoring Breakdown

  • Top 1st – Andres Kim opened the game with a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. Kim advanced to third on a Charlie Carpenter single and scored on a Kyle Gensler base hit. Carpenter would score on a single by Hardigree.
  • Bottom 2nd – Ryan Rizk reached on a one out base hit and scored on Josh Litchfield's single with two outs.
  • Bottom 3rd – Charleston Southern tied the game at 2 thanks to a Justin Dahill single.
  • Bottom 4th – Mike Sconzo's two-out single gave the hosts a 3-2 lead.
  • Top 7th – Mason Stewart led off the inning with a single before advancing to second on a one-out walk to Gensler. Stewart tied the game at 3 on a Toran Shahidi single. Gensler scored the go-ahead run on a Hardigree base hit, with Shahidi crossing home plate on a sacrifice fly.
  • Top 8th – A Gensler two-out single scored Kim for a 6-3 USC Upstate lead.
  • Top 9th – Hardigree got the inning started with a base hit and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. Drake Harris' single moved Hardigree to third with Hardigree scoring on a groundout.

Notables

  • Hardigree went 4-for-5 with four singles, two RBI and a run scored.
  • Gensler went 2-for-4 with two singles, two RBI and a run scored.
  • Kim, Stewart, Carpenter, Shahidi and Harris each recorded one hit.
  • All 11 of USC Upstate's hits were singles.
  • Sconzo and Dahill each had three hits to lead Charleston Southern.
  • Grant Hoppock (2-1) earned the win as he allowed one hit with a walk and a strikeout in 1.1 innings of work.
  • Trey Van Der Weide (1) recorded the save as he struck out four batters in 2.2 innings.
  • Daniel Johnson (0-1) was charged with the loss as he allowed three runs on three hits with one walk in 1.0 innings.
  • Charleston Southern outhit USC Upstate 14-11.
  • Both teams left 12 runners on base.

Up Next

  • USC Upstate opens a weekend series with Penn on Friday at 4 p.m.

Follow Upstate baseball on Facebook (UpstateAthletics), Twitter (@UpstateBSB), Instagram (@upstatespartans), YouTube (USCUpstateAthletics) and text/e-mail alerts (www.upstatespartans.com/list-signup).

Print Friendly Version