University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics
23-28-1, 5-14
Stetson
41-11, 15-3
Hatters Top Spartans in Series Opener
5/17/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
DeLand, Fla. – The No. 17 Stetson Hatters jumped out to an early lead and never looked back as they defeated USC Upstate 14-5 in the opener of an ASUN Conference series on Thursday evening at Melching Field.
Stetson improves to 41-11 overall and 15-3 in league play while USC Upstate drops to 23-28-1 and 5-16.
Scoring Breakdown
- Bottom 1st – Mike Spooner hit a solo home run with one out to get the Hatters on the board.
- Bottom 2nd – Eric Foggo hit a solo home run with two outs.
- Top 3rd – Mason Stewart reached on a one-out single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. Stewart advanced to third on a Pat Raiff infield single before scoring on an error.
- Bottom 3rd – Stetson loaded the bases thanks to a single, hit batter and a walk. Jacob Koos drove in one run with a single. The Hatters added a run as a result of an error before Jorge Arenas drove in two runs with a single. Arenas would later score on a Foggo base hit as the Hatters plated five runs in the inning.
- Bottom 4th – The Hatters scored runs on a Brooks Wilson double, a fielder's choice and a Foggo double.
- Top 5th – Andres Kim led off the inning with a single and reached third on a one-out double by Stewart. Kim scored on a Raiff single before a Toran Shahidi base hit brought home Stewart.
- Bottom 5th – Stetson scored a run on a fielder's choice.
- Top 6th – Jake Bourke opened the inning with a walk, reached second on a groundout and advanced to third on a Will Hardigree single. Bourke scored on a passed ball with Hardigree coming home on an error.
- Bottom 6th – Jon Meola led off with a triple and scored on an Austin Hale single. Hale scored on a Kyle Ball triple.
- Bottom 7th – Koos singled with one out and scored on a Wilson double.
Notables
- Raiff went 3-for-4 with three singles and an RBI.
- Stewart went 2-for-4 with a single, double and two runs scored.
- Kim, Shahidi, Hardigree Kyle Gensler and Zach Lea each had a single.
- Foggo and Spooner each went 3-for-4 to lead the Hatters.
- The Hatters committed three errors while USC Upstate committed one error.
- Jack Perkins (10-2) earned the win, allowing five runs, two earned, on eight hits with one walk and seven strikeouts in 5.2 innings.
- Blake Whitney (5-3) was charged with the loss as he surrendered seven runs on seven hits with a walk and a strikeout in 2.2 innings.
Up Next
- USC Upstate and Stetson continue their series on Friday at 6:30 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jack Perkins (10-2)
L: Whitney, Blake (5-3)
Batting:
2B: Stewart, Mason 1
RBI: Raiff, Pat 1 ; Shahidi, Toran 1
SH: Lea, Zach 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bourke, Jake 1 ; Kim, Andres 1 ; Hardigree, Will 1 ; Stewart, Mason 2
Batting:
2B: Mike Spooner 1 ; Brooks Wilson 2 ; Eric Foggo 1
3B: Jonathan Meola 1 ; Kyle Ball 1
HR: Mike Spooner 1 ; Eric Foggo 1
RBI: Mike Spooner 1 ; Jacob Koos 2 ; Brooks Wilson 3 ; Jorge Arenas 2 ; Jonathan Meola 1 ; Eric Foggo 3 ; Austin Hale 1 ; Kyle Ball 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Andrew MacNeil 1 ; Mike Spooner 3 ; Jacob Koos 2 ; Brooks Wilson 1 ; Jorge Arenas 1 ; Jonathan Meola 2 ; Eric Foggo 1 ; Austin Hale 1 ; Kyle Ball 2
SB: Jacob Koos 1
CS: Brooks Wilson 1
HBP: Andrew MacNeil 2 ; Kyle Ball 1
