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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 1^st – Mike Spooner hit a solo home run with one out to get the Hatters on the board.
• Bottom 2^nd – Eric Foggo hit a solo home run with two outs.
• Top 3^rd – 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 3^rd – 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 4^th – The Hatters scored runs on a Brooks Wilson double, a fielder's choice and a Foggo double.
• Top 5^th – 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 5^th – Stetson scored a run on a fielder's choice.
• Top 6^th – 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 6^th – Jon Meola led off with a triple and scored on an Austin Hale single. Hale scored on a Kyle Ball triple.
• Bottom 7^th – 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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