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Elon 13, Campbell 7
ELON, N.C. - The 29th-ranked Elon Phoenix picked up its 40th victory of the season on Tuesday night, just the fourth 40+ win season in the 104-year history of the program and the first since 1990, by defeating the Campbell Fighting Camels by a 13-7 margin at Latham Park. Elon now sits at 40-13 and has won seven straight. Campbell drops to 17-35 this year.
Back-to-back singles from Luke Reiland and Jeff Randol got the first threat of the game going for Campbell in the second inning. After Randol swiped second, the Fighting Camels had men on second and third before Jacob Allen delivered the first run of the game with a RBI groundout. Blair Waggett's single through the left side of the infield delivered Randol with the second run of the game.
The Phoenix evened the score at two after Grant Rembert blasted his eighth homer of the season which also brought home Robert Rodebaugh who led the frame off with a walk. Chris Price followed by reaching on an error and came around to score on a two-out single to center from Paul Bennett. On the play, Camel centerfielder Waggett misplayed the ball and Bennett was able to come all the way around to score the fourth Phoenix run of the inning.
Jordy Snyder led off the bottom of the fifth with a single and moved to second when Bennett was hit by a pitch with no outs in the frame. Both runners advanced 90 feet on Donny Jobe's sacrifice bunt. Adam Weaver followed with a single through the left side of the infield, plating Snyder with Elon's fifth run. Bennett scampered home on a wild pitch, extending the Phoenix advantage to 6-2.
Campbell put its first two men on in the sixth, using a single from Mike Priest and a walk to David Forbes. After Ryan Hamme popped up a sacrifice bunt attempt, both runners stole and Priest scored when the throw from Elon catcher Rembert sailed into leftfield. Reiland's single put runners on the corners for the Fighting Camels before Jesse Lewter came in and got both hitters he faced to strike out looking.
Elon took advantage of Campbell's third error of the night when Snyder layed down a bunt toward third that he beat out for a hit. On the play, the throw went into rightfield and Price, who had singled, came around to score.
A solo shot, his 12th of the season, to lead off the eighth inning trimmed the Campbell deficit to 7-4.
Elon broke the game open in the bottom of the eighth, scoring six runs on four hits and two Camel errors.
Campbell added three runs in the ninth inning to provide the final margin.
Kory Radford (2-1) picked up the victory after throwing 3.1 innings in relief. He did not allow a hit and fanned two.
Campbell's John Emmert (0-5) took the loss after surrendering six runs (five earned) on five hits over five innings of work.
Weaver finished the night with three hits, while Rembert, Price, Snyder and Bennett each had two hits.
Priest had a three-hit outing for the Camels.
The Phoenix will finish off the regular season with a three-game set at UNC Greensboro beginning Thursday night at 6:00 p.m. Campbell will host Kennesaw State that same evening at 6:00 p.m.
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North Carolina 7, UNC Greensboro 0
CHAPEL HILL, NC ? North Carolina starting pitcher Luke Putkonen didn’t allow a hit until the eighth inning and a base runner past second base the entire night as UNC Greensboro dropped a 7-0 contest to the fifth-ranked Tar Heels Tuesday evening at Boshamer Stadium.
Putkonen (6-0) earned the win after allowing no runs on just two hits while striking out five and walking three in nine innings of work. UNCG put two of the first three batters on in the ninth, spoiling Putkonen’s bid for his first career complete game and forcing UNC head coach Mike Fox to bring on Adam Warren to record the final two outs of the contest.
UNCG starting pitcher Jonathan Nichols (1-3) suffered the loss after surrendering four runs on five hits while striking out one and walking two in 4-2/3 innings of work. Wes McCall, Clinton McKinney and Brandon Harvey all saw action on the hill for the Spartans.
North Carolina (42-11) first baseman Chad Flack put the Tar Heels out in front by a run in the bottom of the first when the sophomore crushed a two-out solo home run over the left-centerfield wall for the game’s first run. Bryan Steed game the Tar Heels a 2-0 lead after two when he singled to centerfield to score Matt Spencer from second.
The Tar Heels played long ball again in the bottom of the fourth inning to take a 3-0 lead when catcher Benji Johnson laced a line drive home run over the leftfield wall for his team-leading 12th roundtripper of the season.
North Carolina played a little small ball in the bottom of the fifth inning to tack on another run and take a 4-0 lead in the process. Steed opened the frame with a bunt down the first base line that simple wouldn’t roll foul. Leadoff batter Mike Cavasinni followed with a bunt single of his own down the third base line to put runners on first and second with no outs. Reid Fronk advanced both runners with a sacrifice bunt before Nichols struck Flack out swinging for the second out of the inning. Despite the huge punchout from Nichols, the Spartans were unable to avoid damage as Josh Horton singled in the hole to shortstop to account for the lone run of the frame.
UNC added another three runs in the bottom of the seventh highlighted by a two-run single off the bat of Horton for his third RBI of the night. Flack also picked up his second RBI of the evening during the inning.
Greg Feltes and Jermaine Mitchell were the lone Spartans to record hit in the game, both finishing with a single apiece. Mitchell’s single up the middle in the ninth extended his hitting streak to 10 games.
UNCG returns to action Thursday night at 6 p.m. when the Spartans begin a critical three-game series with Southern Conference rival Elon from UNCG Baseball Stadium.
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East Tennessee State 16, Western Carolina 8
Johnson City, Tenn. ? Through four innings, all nine East Tennessee State starters had at least one hit, with three players having three hits, as the Buccaneers cruised to a 16-8 victory over Western Carolina Tuesday afternoon at Cardinal Park. The Catamounts (20-23) will conclude the regular season with three home games versus Furman. Game one of the series is set for 7 pm Friday. However, the schedule has been changed for Saturday with the teams playing a doubleheader starting at 2 pm. Western will also honor its seniors on Saturday.
Leading the way for the Bucs (29-22) was reserve catcher Bubba Herbold, who went 5-for-5 with five RBI. Leadoff hitter Chuck Hargis also had a big day going 4-for-6 with three RBI, being a home run shy of the cycle.
In the first, Western’s Tim Hallam had a leadoff walk and moved to second on Donnie Wilson’s walk. Steven Strausbaugh brought home Hallam on a hit-and-run single with Wilson advancing to third. Trey McDaniel followed with an RBI single to right, giving WCU an early 2-0 lead.
In the home half of the first, Hargis had a leadoff double and scored two batters later on Shane Byrne’s single up the middle. The Buccaneers tied the game in the second. After a two-out double by Harbold, Hargis delivered an RBI triple to center.
ETSU broke the game open in the third, scoring six runs on six hits with two WCU errors. Blake Church singled and moved up on a wild pitch. C.J. Lee singled to right to score and moved to third on a hit-and-run single by Matt Traylor. Lee would score on an error with Ben Allen plating Traylor with single to left. A single to right by Herbold and an error on the play allowed Michael Courtney to score. Hargis delivered an RBI ground out and Stephen Douglas drove in the final run of the inning with a double to right.
The Bucs padded their advantage, scoring four runs in the fourth for a 12-2 advantage. ETSU loaded the bases after a leadoff single and back-to-back hit by pitches. Courtney drove in Church with a single to right. Western turned a double play, but the Bucs still had runners on second and third, each of whom scored on Herbold’s single to left. Hargis then brought home Herbold with an RBI single.
Western ended its drought in the sixth when Jonathan Greene, who was 3-for-4 on the dday, had a two-out home run, giving him 10 homers on the season. ETSU got that run back in the sixth. Courtney had a leadoff triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Allen.
The Cats got another solo home run in the seventh as Scott Ward, who had three RBI, hit his third round-tripper of the season. Once again, the Bucs were able to answer in the bottom of the inning, scoring a total of three in the frame to take a 16-4 lead. Church started the seventh by being hit by a pitch, moved to second on a single and scored on a single by Anthony Russell. Herbold got his fifth hit of the day, driving in Lee and Russell on the play.
In the eighth, Western loaded the bases with two outs and Ward made the score 16-6 with a two-run single to left-center. In the ninth and after a leadoff error, Hallam hit a two-run home run for his first blast of the season and second of his career.
Tony Sheffield, who was the first of six ETSU pitchers, got the win, improving to 1-2. He allowed three hits and two runs over three innings. Mike Buda (0-1) suffered the loss for Western. He allowed six hits and six runs (three earned) in one inning’s work.
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North Carolina A&T 9, Appalachian State 6
GREENSBORO, N.C. ? North Carolina A&T hit four home runs, including two by catcher Raul Santiago, to hand Appalachian State University baseball a 9-6 defeat on Tuesday at War Memorial Stadium.
Appalachian senior Scott Clark broke a 20-year-old school record with his 43rd-career start on the mound, but allowed four runs in two innings of work to suffer the loss. N.C. A&T’s final six runs came courtesy of long balls off ASU relievers Zach Quate, Adam Mills and David Rubinstein. With his 43rd start, Clark surpassed Kevin Simmons, who started 42 games from 1983-86, for first on ASU’s all-time list. A Durham, N.C. native, Clark stands just one-third of an inning short of also matching Simmons’ school-record of 248.1 innings pitched in a career.
Trailing 9-3 heading into the ninth inning, the Mountaineers put three runs on the board and appeared to have the tying run coming to the plate with just one out. However, senior shortstop Joey Robinson got caught up between second and third on Wes Borden’s RBI single to right field, leaving the Apps down 9-6 with just a runner on first and two outs. Kevin Butler walked to officially bring the tying run to the plate but pinch-hitter Bryan Ford came up a few feet short of a game-tying home run on a flyout to left to end the contest.
Appalachian banged out seven hits and drew nine walks but left 12 men on base in the loss. Borden and Chris Baker had two hits apiece to lead the squad offensively.
Aggie starter Jasper Smith allowed just two runs on three hits, despite walking six in 6.2 innings on the hill. In addition to Santiago’s two solo homers, Patrick Oates chipped in with two hits, including a bomb of his own, and three RBI to pace A&T at the plate.
The setback was just the Mountaineers’ fifth in 39 all-time meetings with the Aggies. The teams split four games this season, with each winning two at home.
With the loss, Appalachian fell to 21-28-1 on the season while N.C. A&T concluded its regular season a 21-34.
Appalachian closes out the regular season this weekend with a Southern Conference series versus Davidson. The three-game set begins with a 3 p.m. matchup on Thursday at ASU’s Red Lackey Field.
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South Carolina 15, Furman 12
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Robbie Grinestaff went 3-for-5 with a grand slam and five RBI to lead nationally 17th-ranked South Carolina to a 15-12 win over Furman in front of 6,155 fans at West End Field Tuesday night.
Grinestaff, a junior designated hitter from Jeffersonville, Ind., keyed South Carolina’s 15-hit attack with a grand slam in the second inning, a run scoring single in the third, and RBI triple in the eighth. The win gives the Gamecocks (35-18) the two-game season sweep of Furman (30-20).
Justin Smoak doubled three times as part of a 3-for-4 performance, drove in a pair of runs, and scored three runs, and Neil Giesler had two hits and three RBI. Michael Campbell delivered two hits and scored five runs for the Gamecocks.
Joe Daysh went 4-for-5 with a three-run home run to lead Furman, which also pounded out 15 hits. Trailing 15-8 in the ninth inning, the Paladins used a two-out, three-run double by Steven Hildreth to narrow the USC advantage to 15-12. After Gamecock reliever Phil Disher hit A.J. Davidiuk to bring the potential tying run to the plate, Disher recovered by striking out Furman’s leading hitter, Case Cassedy, to end the game.
Forrest Beverly (6-2) picked up the win after working 3 2/3 innings in relief of Gamecock starter Harris Honeycutt. He surrendered seven htis, four runs, including three earned, and walked two while striking out three.
Patrick Arnett (3-6) took the loss after yielding four runs on four hits over 12/3 innnings.
Furman jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning against Honeycutt.
With one out, Will Stembridge singled, and A.J. Davidiuk reached on an error. Two batters later, Joe Daysh hit a towering home run just inside the left field foul pole.
South Carolina struck back with a four-run second inning against Furman starter Jay Jackson. Campbell led off with a double and moved to third on a balk. Jackson then walked the next two Gamecocks to load the bases, and Grinestaff delivered a grand slam home run over the right field fence for a 4-3 lead.
After Furman tied it at 4-4 in the bottom on the frame, the Gamecocks tacked on four more runs on four hits in the third to build a 8-4 lead.
James Darnell’s two-run double down the left field line highlighted the rally.
A.J. Davidiuk’s team leading 10th home run of the season, a solo blast to left field in the third inning off Beverly, cut the Gamecock advantage to 8-5, but Neil Giesler’s two-run double in the fourth plated Smoak and Campbell to extend USC’s lead to 10-5.
Leading 11-8 after six innings, South Carolina got an RBI triple from Cheyne Harris in the seventh to drive home Darnell, and in the eighth the Gamecocks stretched their lead to 15-8 with three runs, highlighted by Smoak’s third double of the game and Grinestaff’s RBI triple.
Furman returns to action on Friday when it opens a three-game series against Western Carolina in Cullowhee with a 7:00 p.m. game. The Paladins and Catamounts will wrap up the set with a Saturday doubleheader beginning at 2:00 p.m.
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Clemson 1, College of Charleston 0
Clemson, S.C - P.J. Zocchi and Daniel Moskos combined on a five-hitter and Andy D'Alessio drove in the game's only run with a sacrifice fly as 3rd-ranked Clemson blanked No. 20 College of Charleston, 1-0, before 4,259 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Tuesday.
With the win, Clemson improved to 40-13, while Charleston falls to 38-13.
Zocchi (5-0) picked up the win allowing a walk with eight strikeouts over 8 2/3 innings. He worked out of a pair of first-and-third situations with only one out in recording the win. Daniel Moskos picked up his ninth save striking out Jess Easterling to end the game.
D'Alessio's sacrifice fly in the fourth with one out down the left field line scored Marquez Smith for the game's only run.
The loss overshadowed the outstanding effort by Charleston freshman lefty Jeff Beliveau who fell to 4-3. Beliveau allowed a run on just four hits with four strikeouts over 7 1/3 innings.
CofC opens a three-game SoCon series with rival The Citadel at 6:00 on Thursday at Patriots Point.
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Georgia Tech 16, Wofford 2
ATLANTA -- No. 8 Georgia Tech scored runs in each of the first five innings, including a grand slam in the fifth by Wes Hodges, to claim a 16-2 victory against Wofford in non-conference baseball action Tuesday evening at Russ Chandler Stadium in Atlanta.
Wofford scored the game’s first run in the top half of the first. Senior Zach Pittman, the Terriers’ leadoff hitter, reached on an error by the third baseman. He then advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by freshman Chuck Eller. Sophomore Shane Kirkley, Wofford’s top hitter, roped an RBI single to center to plate Pittman and put the Terriers ahead 1-0.
The Yellow Jackets countered in their half of the first to tie the game 1-1. Wally Crancer singled to center then stole second. Following a Jeff Kindel walk, Whit Robbins doubled to right to send Crancer home for the game-tying run.
Georgia Tech added to its lead in the bottom of the second when Luke Murton led off with a double to left and then advanced to third on a wild pitch. An error by Terrier second baseman Kirkley allowed Murton to trot home and give the Yellow Jackets a 2-1 edge.
The hosts added a pair of runs in the bottom of the third to claim a 4-1 advantage. Matt Wieters started the inning with a single to left center. The next batter, Kindel, then powered his ninth home run of the campaign over the right field wall.
In the Tech fourth, Michael Fisher started things off with a single before advancing to third on a Steven Blackwood single. Crancer then plated Fisher with a sacrifice fly to center.
Wieters, Kindel and Robbins then hit consecutive doubles before chasing Wofford sophomore starter Ben Austin. Classmate Chip Hunt took the hill and surrendered an RBI single to the first batter he faced, Hodges, before Murton followed with a single of his own as the Yellow Jackets jumped out to a 9-1 margin.
Georgia Tech (40-13) tallied six runs in the bottom of the fifth for a 15-1 lead. Kindel plated Fisher and Crancer on an RBI double down the right field line. Once the Yellow Jackets put runners on each base, Hodges dropped a Hunt pitch just over the right field wall near the foul pole for his 10th round-tripper of the season and second career grand slam. Hunt would give up one more hit in the game before being removed in favor of freshman Whit Kennedy.
The Terriers tacked their second run on the board in the top of the sixth as Zach Pittman lined a single to center. He then scored his second run of the game on another RBI single by Kirkley to bring Wofford (19-34) within 15-2.
The Yellow Jackets registered their final run in the bottom of the eighth. Following consecutive walks to Ryan Tinkoff and Fisher, Crancer sent a single to right center scoring Tinkoff and giving Tech a 16-2 lead.
Tech’s pitching staff was dominant in the win, picking up 13 strikouts versus just one walk. Starter Chris Hicks went six innings, allowing five hits and striking out seven of the 22 batters he faced to improve his record to 4-1. Michael Hutts garnered three innings of work, striking out six batters among the 10 he faced over the final three innings for his first save of the year.
Wofford starter Austin lasted 3.1 innings, surrendering nine runs, all earned, and 11 hits. His record drops to 0-4 on the season. Hunt gave up six runs on six hits in 1.1 innings, while Kennedy struck out three Yellow Jackets with just one run and one hit allowed.
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