BASE Senior Day 2022
Bailey White
5
UNC Asheville AVL 18-26-1
5
USC Upstate UPST 32-19-1
UNC Asheville AVL
18-26-1
5
Final
5
USC Upstate UPST
32-19-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UNC Asheville AVL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 5 7 0
USC Upstate UPST 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 8 0

Game Recap: Baseball |

Mother Nature Forces a 5-5 Tie Against UNC Asheville on Baseball's Senior Day

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – After Mother Nature played with the start time of the opening game of USC Upstate baseball's weekend series with UNC Asheville, she reared her head again Sunday with a lengthy weather delay and an early conclusion as rain and lightning set in. With the game called in the top of the 10th inning, the Spartans and Bulldogs concluded the series with a 5-5 tie Sunday evening.
 
Playing a bit of small ball with back-to-back sacrifice bunts, Upstate got on the scoreboard first using a safety squeeze in the fourth. Asheville provided an answer with two outs in the fifth, breaking up senior right-hander Jacob Curry's no-hitter with a double before following with an RBI triple to the right-center gap to tie the game.
 
Seeing the game tied into the eighth, the Bulldogs put up three runs in the inning behind three hits and a walk to take their first lead of the game. Asheville added another run in the ninth before Upstate put forth a comeback effort in its final at-bat. Trailing 5-1 into the home half of the ninth, the Spartans saw the first three hitters of the inning reach base before Noah Myers drove in the first run with a sac fly with Noah Rabon and Troy Hamilton following with a two-run triple and RBI single, respectively, to tie the game.
 
Game Information
Score: USC Upstate 5; UNC Asheville 5
Records: USC Upstate (32-19-1; 17-6-1 Big South); UNC Asheville (18-26-1; 12-8-1 Big South)
Location: Cleveland S. Harley Park | Spartanburg, S.C.
 
Scoring Summary
  • B4: Leading off the inning with a double down the rightfield line that struck the first base bag, Grant Sherrod came into score following a pair of sacrifice bunts from Easton Cullison and Damon Maynard, scoring on a safety squeeze with Maynard at the plate.
  • T5: Busting up a no-hitter with a two-out double, Asheville tied the game after following up the double with a triple into the right-center gap from Tylan Reece, allowing PJ Heintz to score.
  • T8: After seeing three straight batters reach following the inning's first out, including an RBI single from Ty Kaufman, the Bulldogs captured their first lead of the game. Asheville added an additional pair of insurance runs in the frame, as Robbie Burnett rang a two-run triple off the rightfield wall.
  • T9: Loading the bases in the inning, Asheville added another insurance run as Kaufman hit a ball up the middle that was kept on the infield with two outs, but as Upstate had no play, Kohl Abrams raced home to score.
  • B9: Fighting back in its final at-bat, Upstate plated four runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game at five. Each of the first three batters to the plate reached to load the bases before Noah Myers lifted a sac fly into left, scoring Noah Sullivan. Noah Rabon followed up with a triple into the rightfield corner against a swung-around outfield with Jack Hennessy and Devin Buckner crossing the plate before Troy Hamilton singled over a drawn-in infielder and tie the game.
 
Notable
  • Seeing Sunday's series finale called due to weather, the tie between Upstate and Asheville marked the fourth tie in program history. It is the first tie for the Spartans since Feb. 18, 2018, against Fordham.
  • Tossing 7.1 innings while allowing just two runs Sunday, Jacob Curry collected his fifth quality start of the season while also tying a career-high with his third six-strikeout game of the season. Curry also carried a no-hitter through 4.2 innings in his start.
  • With doubles in the second and sixth innings against Asheville, Cameron MacIntosh tied a career-high with his fourth two-double game of the season.
  • With a triple in the ninth inning, Noah Rabon improved his hitting and reached base streak to 15 games as his hitting streak ties his season-opening streak as the longest by a Spartan this season. With two RBI, he tallied his 17th multi-RBI game of the season.
 
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