Jack Hennessy Tallies Multi-Hit Game; Noah Myers Homers, But Baseball Drops Series-Opener with Gardner-Webb

Friday, April 29

Boiling Springs, N.C.

6:00 p.m.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

25-17

Gardner-Webb

15-28

USC Upstate

Gardner-Webb

Photo by: Xavi Wences

4/29/2022 11:05:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Opening a non-conference, split-site series and playing at John Henry Moss Stadium for the second time this season, USC Upstate baseball fell in the series opener 10-3 Friday night against Gardner-Webb.

Opening the scoring in the game, senior leftfielder Noah Myers hit his fourth home run of the season, giving Upstate a homer in five straight games (12 total homers). Following the Spartans' first run of the game, Gardner-Webb scored 10 unanswered runs, plating two in the first, one in the second, one in the fourth, five in the fifth, and one in the seventh. Upstate put forth a late rally attempt in the ninth, plating two runs to cap the game's scoring.

Myer's fourth homer of the year highlighted the Spartans at the plate with redshirt junior centerfielder Jack Hennessy collecting Upstate's lone multi-hit game, his ninth of the season. As a pinch-hitter in the ninth, freshman Jace Rinehart collected a hit in his lone at-bat.

Game Information
Score: Gardner-Webb 10; USC Upstate 3
Records: USC Upstate (25-17; 13-5 Big South); Gardner-Webb (15-28; 5-10 Big South)
Location: John Henry Moss Stadium | Boiling Springs, N.C.

Scoring Summary

T1: Stepping to the plate as the second batter of the game, Noah Myers launched a ball over the wall in right-center to put the Spartans on top in the first inning behind his fourth homer of the year and the team's 12^th over the past five games.
B1: Answering the Spartans in the home half of the inning, Gardner-Webb's Pete Capobianco drove home two with an RBI single to right-center to give his team the lead.
B2: Batting with the bases loaded, Jacob Marcos single to right to extend the Runnin' Bulldogs' lead.
B4: Pushing across another Gardner-Webb run, Daegan Brady brought home teammate AJ Jones with a double to left.
B5: Gardner-Webb opened its lead with a five-spot in the fifth, scoring runs behind a double, bases-loaded walk, fielder's choice, and a two-run single.
B7: The Runnin' Bulldogs hung the final of its 10 runs on the board as Brady drove home another with a single to second.
T9: Upstate tallied two runs in the ninth as Jack Hennessy singled into center, scoring Grant Sherrod before he came in to score as pinch-hitter Al Holguin reached on a fielding error.

Notable

Hitting his fourth homer of the year in the first inning, Noah Myers secured Upstate's sixth first-inning home run of the season. The longball also extended the Spartans' homer streak to five games, homering 12 times during the span.
Picking up a pair of hits, Jack Hennessy collected his ninth multi-hit game of the season. He becomes the seventh Spartan with nine or more multi-hit games this season.

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