Jacob Curry Xavier Gm 1 2022
Xavi Wences
11
Winner USC Upstate UPST 30-18
1
Longwood Lancers LWU 19-27
Winner
USC Upstate UPST
30-18
11
Final
1
Longwood Lancers LWU
19-27
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
USC Upstate UPST 1 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 2 11 17 0
Longwood Lancers LWU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1

W: Curry, Jacob (5-3) L: Melnyk, Andrew (2-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

A Quality Start From Jacob Curry and a Persistent Offense Lead to Third-Straight Big South Sweep With 11-1 Win Over Longwood

FARMVILLE, Va. – After capturing its series with Longwood with yesterday afternoon's victory, USC Upstate baseball entered Sunday afternoon looking for its third straight Big South series sweep and exited the day with just that behind an 11-1 win.
 
For the third time on the weekend, Upstate saw each member of its starting lineup collect a hit as six Spartans recorded multi-hit efforts for the second consecutive game. Leading the group, senior catcher Devin Buckner tied a career-high with four hits, going 4-for-6 with three runs scored. Senior second baseman Cameron MacIntosh tied a career-high with his third two-double game of the year while senior rightfielder Noah Myers kept the Spartans' home run streak alive, pushing it to 11 games with his fifth homer over the past seven games.
 
On the mound, senior right-hander Jacob Curry turned in another outstanding start, collecting his fourth quality start of the season as he worked 7.2 innings while only allowing four hits and one run. He struck out three batters and allowed just one baserunner into scoring position all afternoon. In relief, senior righty Kevin Davis retired four of the five batters he faced over 1.1 innings, permitting a lone baserunner on a walk.
 
Game Information
Score: USC Upstate 11; Longwood 1
Records: USC Upstate (30-18; 16-5 Big South); Longwood (19-27; 9-9 Big South)
Location: Buddy Bolding Stadium | Farmville, Va.
 
Scoring Summary
  • T1: Following a leadoff double from Devin Buckner, Noah Sullivan wasted little time extending his Big South-leading reached base streak to 32 games as he singled back through the middle as Buckner raced home to score from second.
  • B4: Tying the game, Longwood tallied its lone run of the game as Hunter Gilliam homered to right-center to lead off the inning.
  • T5: Providing an immediate answer to the Lancers evening the game, the Spartans saw four consecutive run-producing hits with two outs in the fifth to open up the game. Noah Rabon started the string with a single to left with Troy Hamilton tripling to left-center, Cameron MacIntosh doubling down the leftfield line, and Easton Cullison singling to right-center following to build a 5-1 lead.
  • T6: The Spartans added two more runs in the sixth as Noah Myers hit a sacrifice fly to right to bring home Grant Sherrod before a throwing error by Longwood's shortstop allowed another run to cross the plate.
  • T7: Upstate tacked on another run in the seventh off a Lancer miscue as MacIntosh advanced to third and scored following a leadoff walk in the frame thanks to a pair of wild pitches.
  • T8: For the second straight game, Noah Myers hit a no-doubt solo homer over the scoreboard in right, pushing the Spartans' lead to 9-1.
  • T9: Opening the inning with a double from MacIntosh, triple from Easton Cullison, and groundout from Jack Hennessy, Upstate reached double-digit runs with two tallies in the ninth. Cullison and Hennessy picked up the runs batted in for the Spartans.
 
Notable
  • Behind Noah Myers' solo homer in the eighth inning, Upstate extended its streak of consecutive games with a home run to 11, hitting 20 homers during the stretch. For Myers, the homer marked his fifth over the last seven games.
  • Finishing the afternoon 2-for-5 at the plate, Noah Sullivan extended his reached base streak to 32 games behind his team-leading 23rd multi-hit game of the season. His streak stands as the longest active streak in the Big South following the weekend.
  • In addition to securing his team-best fourth quality start of the season Sunday, Jacob Curry induced his team-leading eighth double play during his 7.2 innings of work.
  • In each game during the Longwood series, each of Upstate's starters recorded at least one hit. During the Saturday and Sunday games, six starters recorded multiple-hit games in each game.
 
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