Spartans Unable to Overcome Late Runs by Panthers

Saturday, March 23

2 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

10-13, 0

High Point

8-12, 0

High Point

USC Upstate

3/23/2019 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The USC Upstate baseball team lost their second consecutive Big South Series on Saturday afternoon, with a 3-1 loss to High Point at Harley Park.

USC Upstate falls to 10-13 overall on the season and 1-4 in Big South competition. Meanwhile, High Point improves to 8-12 on the year and 2-3 in conference play.

SCORING BREAKDOWN

Bottom 1^st: Jason Matthews hit a leadoff double to right centerfield and moved over to third on a perfectly placed bunt by Jack Hennessy. Robby McGaha hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Matthews from third base.

Top 4^th: Ryan Russell drilled a one out homerun over the left field wall to tie the game at one run each.

Top 6^th: Evan Bergman singled up the middle of the infield on a 3-2 count. Russell reached base on an error by the shortstop and Bergman advanced to second base on the play. Both Bergman and Russell advanced 90 feet on a successful double steal attempt. Bergman scored on a ground out by Joe Johnson.

Top 7^th: J.J. Woodard began the inning with his second double of the afternoon and moved over to third on a sacrifice bunt by Trent Harris. Sam Zayicek then singled in Woodard from third base to give the Panthers a two run cushion.

NOTABLES

Stone Pellegrino went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead the Spartans offense, while Robby McGaha produced the Spartans lone run of the afternoon.
Jason Matthews collected a double in the first inning to keep his on base streak alive and Jack Hennessy collected the only other hit of the afternoon.
Trey Van Der Weide threw 5.2 innings, 4 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned run and struck out 4 batters on 64 total pitches.
Sean Hupp pitched 3.1 innings, allowed 2 hits and 1 earned run.
Harrison Smith picked up the win for the Panthers, throwing a complete game and allowing just 4 hits on the afternoon. Smith allowed one earned run and struck out seven Spartans in the game.

NEXT UP

The Spartans and the Panthers will conclude their three game series tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 p.m.

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