Lipscomb Defeats USC Upstate in Series Opener

Friday, April 27

Nashville, Tenn.

6 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

21-23-1, 4-9

Lipscomb

17-23, 5-8

USC Upstate

Lipscomb

4/27/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

Box Score (.pdf)

Nashville, Tenn. – A late rally by USC Upstate fell short as the Spartans dropped the opener of an ASUN Conference series to Lipscomb 5-2 at Ken Dugan Field on Friday night.

Lipscomb improves to 17-23 overall and 5-8 in the league while USC Upstate drops to 21-23-1 and 4-9.

Scoring Breakdown

Bottom 1^st – Maddux Houghton reached on a one-out walk and advanced to third on a two-out Zeke Dodson single. Houghton scored on a Jake Perry single.
Bottom 3^rd – Dodson reached on a one-out single and advanced to second on a walk. Dodson scored on a Cade Sorrells single.
Bottom 4^th – Lee Solomon scored on a wild pitch.
Bottom 5^th – Chandler Chambers hit a solo home run.
Top 7^th – Andres Kim was hit by a pitch and scored on a Mason Stewart single. The Spartans loaded the bases with two outs before a flyout ended the inning.
Bottom 8^th – Solomon led off the inning with a home run.
Top 9^th – Will Hardigree hit his first collegiate home run, a solo blast, with one out.

Notables

Hardigree went 3-for-4 with two singles, a home run and an RBI. Tonight was his sixth multi-hit game of the season.
Stewart went 1-for-4 with a single and an RBI.
Pat Raiff finished 1-for-3 with a double.
Kyle Gensler went 1-for-4 with a single.
Dodson went 2-for-3 with two singles and a run scored to lead the Lipscomb offense.
Solomon and Chambers each went 1-for-4 with a home run.
Lipscomb stranded 11 baserunners while USC Upstate left eight on base.
The teams combined for four errors, with three of those charged to USC Upstate.
Joshua Colon (2-2) earned the win, allowing two runs, one earned, on six hits with two walks and 10 strikeouts as he went the distance.
Kevin Hickey (2-3) took the loss, allowing four runs, three earned, on seven hits with five walks and two strikeouts in 4.2 innings.
Grant Hoppock pitched 2.1 innings of scoreless relief.

Up Next

USC Upstate and Lipscomb continue their series tomorrow night at 7 p.m. Eastern.

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