Cole Caruso Clemson First AB 2022
Ryan Frye
6
Winner Northern Kentucky NKU 4-9
5
USC Upstate UPST 9-5
Winner
Northern Kentucky NKU
4-9
6
Final
5
USC Upstate UPST
9-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northern Kentucky NKU 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 12 0
USC Upstate UPST 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 2

W: B. Lonsbury (1-0) L: Williams, Christian (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Battles Back Against Northern Kentucky Before a Late Run Gives Norse a 6-5 Series-Evening Victory

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Battling Mother Nature and blustery game time conditions, USC Upstate baseball fought from an early deficit Saturday afternoon to tie the game into the late innings before Northern Kentucky struck back for a series-evening victory, 6-5, at Cleveland S. Harley Park.
 
Trailing 4-0 heading into the bottom of the first, the Spartans began chipping away, plating two runs in the first before adding a run in the second and two more in the fourth to tie the game at 5-all. The Norse added the go-ahead run in the seventh before holding Upstate to secure the victory.
 
At the plate, freshman shortstop Cole Caruso and redshirt junior centerfielder Jack Hennessy collected multi-hit games, each going 2-for-4 at the plate with Caruso adding an RBI and Hennessy tallying two runs scored. The Spartans' lone multi-RBI effort belonged to Noah Sullivan who had a sac fly and an RBI single.
 
Game Information
Score: Northern Kentucky 6; USC Upstate 5
Records: USC Upstate (9-5; 0-0 Big South); Northern Kentucky (4-9; 0-0 Horizon)
Location: Cleveland S. Harley Park | Spartanburg, S.C.
 
Scoring Summary
  • T1: Getting on the board first Saturday, Northern Kentucky tallied four first-inning runs behind a Jayden Wakeham RBI single and a bases-clearing three-run double from Michael Hall.
  • B1: The Spartans struck back in the bottom half of the first as Noah Rabon singled to right to bring home Noah Myers before Cole Caruso doubled down the leftfield line to plate Rabon and cut the Norse's lead in half.
  • B2: Continuing to chip away at the Northern Kentucky advantage as Noah Sullivan lifted a sacrifice fly into leftfield as Jack Hennessy raced home for Upstate's third tally.
  • T4: Northern Kentucky brought home its fifth run as Griffin Kain scored from third on a Treyvin Moss groundout to second.
  • B4: Upstate fought back to tie the game in the fourth as it plated two runs in the frame. Devin Buckner drove in the first with a single into center, scoring Adam Grob before Sullivan came through again with a single through the left side to score Hennessy.
  • T7: Breaking the tie, Hall punched across the go-ahead run for the Norse with a single back through the box.
 
Notable
  • Picking up Upstate's lone multi-RBI game of the day, Noah Sullivan secured the fourth multi-RBI game of his young career. With multi-hit efforts, Cole Caruso and Jack Hennessy tallied their fourth and third multi-hit games, respectively, this season.
  • With his RBI single in the first Saturday, Noah Rabon extended his team-best hitting streak to 14 games, encompassing each game this season. Adding the season-finale from last year, he's reached base safely in 15 straight contests.
  • Picking off a runner to end the second inning, Nate Payne tallied the Spartans' fifth pickoff of the season, the fourth by a pitcher. Of note, each of Upstate's four pickoffs by a pitcher has come from right-handed pitchers.
 
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