Eagles Claim Series Finale over USC Upstate

Sunday, April 22

Harley Park (ASUN.TV)

12 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

21-22-1, 4-8

Florida Gulf Coast

27-11, 5-4

Florida Gulf Coast

USC Upstate

4/22/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

Box Score (.pdf)

Spartanburg, S.C. – Alex Brait's two-run single with two outs in the seventh inning broke a 1-1 tie as Florida Gulf Coast defeated USC Upstate 3-2 on Sunday afternoon in the rubber match of an ASUN Conference series.

Florida Gulf Coast improves to 27-11 overall and 5-4 in league play while USC Upstate drops to 21-22-1 and 4-8.

Scoring Breakdown

Top 6^th – Kohl Gilmore reached on a one-out walk and scored on an Eli Lovell double to get the Eagles on the board.
Bottom 6^th – Chris Rodriguez reached on a leadoff walk and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Rodriguez moved to third on a Toran Shahidi single before a sacrifice bunt moved Shahidi to second. After Charlie Carpenter was intentionally walked to load the bases, Jake Bourke singled to right field to tie the game. Florida Gulf Coast turned a double play to end the inning.
Top 7^th – Gage Morey reached on a one-out walk and advanced to second on a walk to Christian Profitt. After a popout and a wild pitch moved the runners into scoring position, Brait singled to right-center to score Morey and Profitt.
Bottom 9^th – Austin Morgan reached on a one-out single and scored on a Kyle Gensler pinch-hit triple. A strikeout and a groundout ended the game.

Notables

Gensler went 1-for-1 with a triple and an RBI.
Pat Raiff went 2-for-3 with two singles.
Bourke went 1-for-4 with a single and RBI.
Shahidi, Morgan and Mason Stewart each had a single.
Brait went 2-for-4 with two singles and two RBI to lead Florida Gulf Coast.
Jay Hayes went 2-for-4 with two singles.
Lovell went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Each team finished with seven hits.
USC Upstate stranded eight baserunners while Florida Gulf Coast left seven runners on base.
Justin Gill (1-0) earned the win, allowing one run on three hits with four walks and four strikeouts in 6.0 innings.
Kenton Herring (6) earned the save, allowing one run on three hits with three strikeouts in 2.0 innings.
Blake Whitney (4-1) took the loss, allowing three runs on six hits with five walks and five strikeouts in 6.2 innings.

Up Next

USC Upstate travels to Lipscomb next weekend for an ASUN series beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern on Friday.

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