Big South Baseball Recap - May 12
5/12/2024 6:27:50 PM
High Point, Charleston Southern, and USC Upstate picked up series wins on Sunday, while Gardner-Webb avoided a sweep with a win over UNC Asheville.
HIGH POINT 8, WINTHROP 7 |
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The High Point University baseball team won its final home game of the 2024 season as they took the series against Winthrop, 8-7, on Sunday afternoon. Matt Little got the start for the Sunday rubber match against the Eagles as he tied his season high in strikeouts as he punched out eight batters. Little shoved 6.1 innings, allowing five runs, on four hits. The top of the first ended quick as Little shut them down in order after punching out the last guy on strikes. The Panthers couldn't get it going in the bottom of the first as they were also sent down in order. The Eagles came up to bat in the second, but Little sent them down once again after surrendering a double. Charlie Klingler drove a double to left field to put him in scoring position for Miggy Echazarreta. Echazarreta then singled through the left side to score Klingler for the first run of the afternoon.
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 2, RADFORD 0 |
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Charleston Southern clinched the series victory over Radford behind a 2-0, shutout victory on Sunday afternoon. This marked the second shutout victory over the Highlanders of the weekend and helps keep the Buccaneers in the driver's seat of their bid for a spot in the Big South Championships. Runs were hard to come by both teams in the game due to a masterclass from each pitching staff. The Buccaneers were able to scratch one across home in the third and sixth innings each to get their 2-0 lead. In the third, Lucas Pringle had a leadoff double to right center and moved to third on a wild pitch. Later in the inning, Sam Low had a groundout that scored Pringle and broke the tie.
USC UPSTATE 8, LONGWOOD 5 |
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Closing out its 2024 Big South Conference slate, USC Upstate baseball captured the rubber match of its series with Longwood as the offense backed a strong effort from the team's pitching staff in an 8-5 victory Sunday afternoon at Buddy Bolding Stadium. At the plate, all nine Upstate starters picked up at least one hit as five Spartans recorded multi-hit efforts en route to 14 hits on the day. The biggest hit of the day came as redshirt junior rightfielder Koby Kropf hit his 20th home run of the season, becoming the second player in Upstate history with 20 or more home runs in a single season.
GARDNER-WEBB 5, UNC ASHEVILLE 2 |
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The Gardner-Webb University baseball team defeated he University of North Carolina Asheville on Sunday afternoon by a final score of 5-2. Starting pitcher Reid Bertram maintained a no hitter through the first five innings on his way to a win. Alec Burns got things started for the Runnin' Bulldogs in the first frame hitting a solo shot to left center giving GWU a 1-0 lead. The 'Dawgs put up two more in the third inning as Humberto Torres singled bringing home Mark Black, and Ethan Liao singled to score Torres. Burns then hit his second homer of the day to right center in the fifth to make it 5-0 Runnin' Bulldogs.