Adam Grob Celebration Manhattan 2022
Lenny Mathis
7
Manhattan MAN 1-3
21
Winner USC Upstate UPST 4-1
Manhattan MAN
1-3
7
Final
21
USC Upstate UPST
4-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Manhattan MAN 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 8 2
USC Upstate UPST 0 7 0 2 6 4 0 2 X 21 20 3

W: Murphy, Matthew (1-0) L: FAGLER, Tyler (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Explodes for a 21-Run Outburst, Downing Manhattan in the OneSpartanburg, Inc. Baseball Classic Opener

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Opening the OneSpartanburg, Inc. Baseball Classic, USC Upstate baseball accomplished something it hadn't as a program since 2017, putting forth a 21-run outburst to capture the first game of the tournament 21-7 from Manhattan at Cleveland S. Harley Park.
 
Crooked numbers hung in the second (seven runs), the fifth (six runs), and the sixth (four runs) supplemented two-run innings in the fourth and the eighth to build to the 21-7 win with the team's 21 runs being the most since scoring 21 against Dayton on Feb. 25, 2017 (W, 21-20). The Spartans pounded out 20 hits Friday afternoon, the most since collecting 20 against UNC Asheville on May 20, 2021.
 
At the plate, senior second baseman Cameron MacIntosh tied a career-high with four RBI—also tying a team single-game high—as he finished 3-for-4 on the afternoon, adding a double and three runs scored. Joining MacIntosh with multi-RBI efforts, senior first baseman Devin Buckner and redshirt sophomore leftfielder Noah Rabon each added two RBI apiece.
 
Game Information
Score: USC Upstate 21; Manhattan 7
Records: USC Upstate (4-1; 0-0 Big South); Manhattan (1-3; 0-0 MAAC)
Location: Cleveland S. Harley Park | Spartanburg, S.C.
 
Scoring Summary
  • T1: Manhattan brokered the scoring in the top of the first as Manhattan's David Bermudez brought home Frankie Marinelli using a sacrifice fly.
  • B2: Opening the scoring for the Spartans, Cole Caruso jumpstarted a seven-run inning with an RBI single down the rightfield line. The Spartans added another on a throwing error from Jaspers' pitcher Tyler Fagler before Devin Buckner drove home two runs with a sacrifice fly. Upstate then added a pair of solo homers, the first by Noah Sullivan to left-center and the second, an inside-the-park home run from Noah Rabon to cap a seven-run second inning.
  • T3: Manhattan got two runs back in the third, bringing runners in with an RBI groundout from Marinelli and a single through the left side by Bermudez.
  • T4: Manhattan plated two more runs in the fourth as two came in on a fielding error before an RBI groundout produced the inning's second run.
  • B4: Upstate promptly got two of its runs back as Rabon broke for second in a first-and-third situation, drawing a wild pitch to bring across Buckner. Cameron MacIntosh tacked on the second run, driving in Rabon with a double to right-center.
  • B5: The fifth represented another big inning for the Spartans as six more runs came across in the frame. Sacrifice flies from Damon Maynard and Troy Hamilton brought in a pair of runs as RBI singles from Noah Myers and MacIntosh added two more with a bases-loaded walk to Rabon and a wild pitch tacked on the additional two runs.
  • T6: The Jaspers tallied their final run of the game behind a sacrifice fly from Bermudez who finished the game with three RBI.
  • B6: The Spartans answered Manhattan's run with four of their own in the sixth. MacIntosh drove home his third and fourth runs with a single into center before an error and a wild pitch allowed two more to score.
  • B8: A string of extra-base hits, doubles from Adam Grob and Jack Hennessy, and a triple from Jace Rinehart led to two runs in the eighth. Hennessy and Rinehart's extra-base knocks doing the damage for the Spartans.
 
Notable
  • Scoring 21 runs in the opener of the OneSpartanburg, Inc. Baseball Classic, Upstate tallied 20 or more runs for the first time under head coach Mike McGuire. In fact, the game marked the first for the program with 20 or more runs since scoring 21 exactly five years ago to the day, Feb. 25, 2017, versus Dayton.
  • Driving home four runs, Cameron MacIntosh tied a career-high with his four RBI. MacIntosh's multi-RBI effort wasn't the lone multi-RBI game for the Spartans as Devin Buckner and Noah Rabon drove in two apiece, extending their streak of games with multi-RBI to three and four, respectively.
  • As part of the team's 21-run outburst, each of the top four starters in the Spartans' lineup finished the day scoring three runs apiece.
  • Making his USC Upstate debut, Al Holguin struck out the side in his lone inning of work Friday.
 
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