Reece Hemmerling Pitching vs. Troy Gm 3 2025
Emma Hudson
12
Winner Radford RAD 10-8, 3-0 BSC
7
USC Upstate UPST 8-11, 0-3 BSC
Winner
Radford RAD
10-8, 3-0 BSC
12
Final
7
USC Upstate UPST
8-11, 0-3 BSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Radford RAD 2 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 12 11 1
USC Upstate UPST 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 10 7

W: Ben Keefe (1-0) L: Torres, Chris (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Trio of Spartan Relievers Combine for 4.0 Scoreless and Hitless Innings, but Baseball Drops Series Finale Against Radford

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Closing out its first Big South Conference series of the 2025 season, USC Upstate baseball dropped the series finale, falling 12-7 to Radford Sunday afternoon at Cleveland S. Harley Park. With the loss, the Spartans fall to 0-3 in league play, being swept in conference play for the first time since April 2022.
 
Combining to surrender a single unearned run over the final 4.2 innings of Sunday's game, the quartet of right-handed pitchers, senior Kyle Beaty, junior Reece Hemmerling, junior Juan Reyes, and junior Braden Consaul kept the Highlander offense at bay. Hemmerling, Reyes, and Consaul teamed for 4.0 innings of scoreless and hitless baseball, striking out five hitters between them.
 
As the Upstate bullpen kept Radford off the scoreboard, Upstate's reserves scratched four runs over the final four innings, scoring once in each frame from the sixth onward. Driving in two of the team's runs, junior rightfielder Brady Small and redshirt sophomore third baseman Devlin Smalanskas recorded their first hits in a Spartan uniform with Small notching a single through the right side and Smalanskas a solo homer to right-center.
 
Sophomore designated hitter Tyler Lang and senior first baseman Johnny Sweeney each registered multi-hit afternoons as Lang picked up a pair of RBI, the Spartans' lone multi-RBI effort.
 
Game Information
Score: Radford 12; USC Upstate 7
Records: USC Upstate (8-11; 0-3 Big South); Radford (10-8; 3-0 Big South)
Location: Cleveland S. Harley Park | Spartanburg, S.C.
 
How It Happened
  • T1: Striking first, Radford tallied a pair in the opening frame, taking advantage of Upstate miscues defensively. The first tally resulted from a dropped fly ball in center before a mishandled ground ball turned fielder's choice led to the second.
  • T3: Utilizing both small ball and the long ball to score thrice in the third frame. A squeeze executed by Tyler Sparrer produced the first with a two-run blast from Noah Toole capping the three-run frame.
  • B3: Behind three run-producing hits, Upstate got back the three surrendered runs from the prior half-inning. Vance Sheahan drove in the first with a single through the left side, Tyler Lang the second with a single to left-center, and Johnny Sweeney the third with a double down the rightfield line.
  • T4: The Highlanders hung three more on the board in the fourth as James Ward slugged a three-run shot to left.
  • T5: Taking advantage of three Upstate errors and a passed ball in the inning, Radford added five runs in the fifth.
  • B6: With a pair of runners in scoring position, Cayden Wotipka drove home Scott Campbell from third via groundout.
  • B7: Plating another tally, Brady Small picked up an RBI as he ripped a single through the right side.
  • B8: Leading off the inning, Devlin Smalanskas launched an opposite-field solo homer to right-center.
  • B9: Splitting the gap and hitting the wall in left-center, Tyler Lang drove in the final run with a double.
 
Notable
  • Committing seven errors Sunday, Upstate tied the program record for defensive miscues, the third time in program history with seven errors. The total is the highest since committing seven versus The Citadel on March 10, 2010.
  • Radford's sweep of Upstate marks the first time Upstate has been swept in Big South Conference play since April 8-10, 2022, at the hands of Campbell. It also marks the first sweep in league play at Cleveland S. Harley Park since May 14-15, 2021, also against Campbell.
 
Up Next for the Spartans
In the first of three games played against its crosstown rival, USC Upstate returns to Fluor Field next Wednesday, matching up with Wofford in a midweek contest. First pitch between the Spartans and Terriers is set for 6 p.m. ET.
 
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