Spartans Fall to Jacksonville in Extra Innings

Friday, May 11

Spartanburg, S.C - Harley Park Harley Park (ASUN.TV)

6 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

23-25-1, 5-11

Jacksonville

32-17, 9-6

Jacksonville

USC Upstate

5/11/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

Box Score (.pdf)

Spartanburg, S.C. – The Jacksonville Dolphins scored two runs in the 11^th inning as they claimed a 5-3 victory over USC Upstate in an ASUN Conference contest at Harley Park on Friday night.

Jacksonville improves to 32-17 overall and 9-6 in the ASUN while USC Upstate drops to 23-25-1 and 5-11.

Scoring Breakdown

Top 5^th – Chris Lehane was hit by a pitch to start the inning. Lehane stole second before he stole third and scored on an errant throw.
Bottom 6^th – Kyle Gensler started a two-out rally with a bunt single. Toran Shahidi followed with a single as Gensler advanced to third. Gensler tied the game on a Russell Schwertfeger base hit with Shahidi reaching third on the play. Austin Morgan's single gave the Spartans a 2-1 lead, with Schwertfeger scoring on a wild pitch.
Top 7^th – The Dolphins scored a run on a sacrifice fly.
Top 8^th – Sam Armstrong tied the game at 3 with a leadoff home run.
Top 11^th – Ruben Someillan reached on a double and advanced to third on an error with one out. Someillan scored the go-ahead run on a Lehane single. Lehane scored on a sacrifice fly.

Notables

Schwertfeger went 3-for-4 with three singles, a run scored and an RBI.
Shahidi went 2-for-4 with two singles.
Morgan went 1-for-4 with a single and RBI.
Gensler, Will Hardigree and Andres Kim each had a single.
Lehane and Someillan each had three hits to lead the Dolphins.
USC Upstate left 11 runners on base while Jacksonville stranded 10 baserunners.
Chris Mauloni (3-1) earned the win as he allowed two hits with seven strikeouts in 2.2 scoreless innings of relief.
Will Wheeler (2-2) took the loss after he allowed two runs, one earned, on two hits with a strikeout in 1.0 innings.
Jacob Thiessen allowed two runs, one earned, on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts in a season-high 6.1 innings.
Jacksonville starter Chris Gau allowed three runs on six hits with two walks and six strikeouts in 5.2 innings.

Up Next

USC Upstate and Jacksonville continue the series tomorrow at 2 p.m.

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