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Schwertfeger's Big Night Lifts Spartans Past North Carolina A&T

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Spartanburg, S.C. – USC Upstate senior outfielder Russell Schwertfeger hit a pair of home runs, including a grand slam in the fourth inning, as USC Upstate defeated North Carolina A&T 9-5 in non-conference action on Tuesday evening at Harley Park. 

USC Upstate improves to 19-20-1 while North Carolina A&T drops to 19-17. 

Scoring Breakdown

  • Top 2nd – Dawnoven Smith led off the inning with a double, advanced to third on a groundout and scored on a Milton Rivera sacrifice fly.
  • Top 4th – The Aggies plated runs on a Jarrett Norman single and a Myles Sowell base hit.
  • Bottom 4th – Schwertfeger's grand slam highlighted a six-run inning for USC Upstate. After Schwertfeger hit his grand slam with nobody out, the Spartans added two runs on a Pat Raiff two-run single with two outs.
  • Top 6th – North Carolina A&T scored two unearned runs on a Norman single.
  • Bottom 6th – The Spartans plated a run on a wild pitch.
  • Bottom 7th – Schwertfeger hit his second home run of the game, a solo blast, with two outs.
  • Bottom 8th – Austin Morgan reached on an error and scored on an Aggie throwing error.

Notables

  • Schwertfeger leads the team with five home runs this season.
  • Tonight's game was the first time this season that USC Upstate has hit two home runs in one game.
  • Schwertfeger went 2-for-5 with two home runs, two runs scored and five RBI.
  • Toran Shahidi went 2-for-4 with two singles.
  • Raiff went 1-for-4 with a single and two RBI.
  • Morgan, Jake Bourke and Andres Kim each had a single.
  • Norman went 3-for-5 with three singles and three RBI to lead N.C. A&T.
  • Smith finished 3-for-5 with two singles, a double and three run scored.
  • The Aggies left 10 runners on base while USC Upstate stranded seven.
  • Trey Van Der Weide (3-5) earned the win, allowing two unearned runs on one hit with two walks and three strikeouts in 2.0 innings.
  • Will Wheeler (1) recorded his first save as he pitched two scoreless innings with one walk, two hits and two strikeouts.
  • Wheeler struck out AJ Hunt to get out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth.
  • Ethan Chavis (1-4) took the loss, allowing four runs on three hits with three walks and a strikeout in 3.0 innings.

Up Next

  • USC Upstate travels to Winthrop tomorrow night at 6 p.m.

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