Adam Grob HR vs. Charleston Southern Gm 2 2023
Ryan Frye
2
USC Upstate UPST 33-18
10
Winner Charleston Southern CHSO 21-25
USC Upstate UPST
33-18
2
Final
10
Charleston Southern CHSO
21-25
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
USC Upstate UPST 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0
Charleston Southern CHSO 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 X 10 15 0

W: Truitt, Evan (4-6) L: Proger, Henry (7-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Adam Grob and Jace Rinehart Both Homer as Baseball Drops 10-2 Decision Saturday at Charleston Southern

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Entering the day off the team's 18th Big South Conference win of the season and holding a chance to win its weekend series, USC Upstate baseball fell on the wrong side of the decision Saturday, falling 10-2 to Charleston Southern to set up a rubber match Sunday afternoon at Nielsen Field at CSU Ballpark.
 
The Buccaneers struck first, loading the bases against Upstate starter, junior left-hander Henry Proger, scratching the first run on a bases-loaded walk. Proger, however, responded to the run by striking out the next three hitters he faced to limit the damage, allowing the Spartans to tie the game in the top of the second as sophomore designated hitter Jace Rinehart extended his hitting streak with his sixth homer—third in his last four games—a solo shot to left-center.
 
Charleston Southern threatened again in the third, but Proger didn't flinch, punching out three more hitters with two runners aboard, giving him six strikeouts on the day. The Buccaneers busted up the tie game in the fourth with a two-run homer before seeing back-to-back homers in the seventh to extend the lead. A five-run eighth inning added insurance to the Buccaneers' advantage with Upstate putting one additional run on the board in the ninth behind a line drive, solo homer of the scoreboard in left from redshirt senior rightfielder Adam Grob, his second of the season.
 
Game Information
Score: Charleston Southern 10; USC Upstate 2
Records: USC Upstate (33-18; 18-5 Big South); Charleston Southern (21-25; 12-11 Big South)
Location: Nielsen Field at CSU Ballpark | Charleston, S.C.
 
Scoring Summary
  • B1: Loading the bases before the first out of the inning, Charleston Southern worked a walk to push across the first run of the afternoon.
  • T2: Providing an immediate answer to tie the game, Jace Rinehart drove an 0-2 pitch over the wall in left-center, hitting his sixth home run of the year.
  • B4: The Buccaneers broke up the tie game with a two-run home run by Tyrell Brewer to straight-away centerfield.
  • B7: Adding insurance to its two-run advantage, Charleston Southern's Kieran Davis and James Jett hit back-to-back solo homers, extending the lead to 5-1.
  • B8: Growing the lead, the Buccaneers scored five runs in the eighth, pushing the lead to 10-1 heading into the final frame. A bases-loaded walk plated the first with a second coming on an RBI groundout before a three-run homer from Sam Low completed the inning's scoring.
  • T9: Hitting a laser of a line drive to leftfield, Adam Grob rang a solo home run off the scoreboard for the game's final run.
 
Notable
  • With a single to left-center, Grant Sherrod collected his 118th total base of the season Saturday, giving him sole possession of second place on the program's Division I era (2007-pres.) single-season total bases leaderboard. Andrew Runion holds the D1 era single-season record with 122 total bases during the 2008 season—the program's first at the D1 level.
  • Behind his solo homer in the second inning, Jace Rinehart extended his career and team-long hitting streak to 15 games as he's homered in three of the past four games. The hitting streak is the longest for a Spartan since Noah Rabon fashioned a 16-game hitting streak from April 20 to May 17, 2022—the second of his two 15-plus-game hitting streaks last season.
 
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