Tuesday's Baseball Roundup

Stephens, Busse Lift Bears Over Georgia Southern

Freshman Eli Stephens came off the bench with two outs in the ninth inning and delivered the biggest hit of his career, a go-ahead RBI single to give the Bears a 7-6 win over Georgia Southern on Tuesday night in Statesboro. Ely Brown (2-for-5), Brant Baughcum (2-for-3), Parker Lester (2-for-5) and Zack Thompson (2-for-5) all had multi-hit days to lead the Bears at the plate. Terry Busse (2-0) got the win for Mercer, striking out three in two perfect innings to close it out. Jax Lewis (2-4) took the loss for Georgia Southern. 

Wofford Baseball Takes Season Series Over USC Upstate
The Wofford baseball team jumped in front with three first-inning homers Tuesday evening at Russell C. King Field, and despite a mid-inning push by USC Upstate to tie the ballgame, the Terriers pushed back with a four-run sixth en route to a 10-5 triumph. Wofford improves to 23-15 as Upstate drops to 19-18. Wofford takes the season series over its crosstown foe after claiming this match-up and the prior meeting on April 1, which was a 5-2 Terrier victory at Fifth Third Park in the stadium's first-ever baseball game.

Massive seventh inning lifts Keydets to victory; split season series with Revs
VMI Baseball used a 10-run seventh inning to stroll past George Washington at Tucker Field Tuesday afternoon. The Keydets (24-14, 4-5 SoCon) avenged their loss in March with a 16-4 road win over the Revolutionaries to split the season series. With the triumph, VMI has now won four straight midweek matchups and is on a three-game winning streak.

Western Carolina 9, Presbyterian 7

The Citadel Baseball Falls to South Carolina in Midweek
The Citadel out-hit the Gamecocks 7-6. Travis Elliott went 2-for-3 at the plate, marking his tenth multi-hit game of the season. The Citadel bullpen struck out nine. Zane Davis threw 2.2 innings with three strikeouts and zero hits. Aryan Patel threw a career-high 2.1 innings with a career-high two strikeouts. Conner Cummiskey (0-1) recorded the loss after throwing 1.2 innings, allowing five hits and three earned runs. Tyler Pitzer (4-0) posted the win for South Carolina after throwing 2.1 innings, allowing zero earned runs and zero hits.

UNCG Baseball Falls 4-0 at Elon
The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team was handed a 4-0 loss on the road against the Elon Phoenix in a non-conference test on Tuesday night at Latham Park. The Phoenix got on the board first in the bottom of the second inning when Justin Szestowicki grounded out to UNCG's pitcher, Hunter Shuey, allowing Alex Duffey to dash home from third and score for a 1-0 lead after two stanzas. Elon tacked on a second run in the third inning when Charlie Granatell led off the inning with a triple and then scored with two outs on a wild pitch to make it 2-0 Phoenix.

Virginia Tech snaps ETSU’s winning streak, 11-4
The ETSU baseball team saw its three-game winning streak come to an end on Tuesday as Virginia Tech knocked off the Bucs by a score of 11-4. Tuesday's loss moves ETSU's record to 25-10 on the season. ETSU was limited to just six hits by the Hokie pitching staff. The reigning SoCon Player of the Week Blake Jacklin continued to swing it well for ETSU collecting two of the six hits. ETSU's four runs in the contest came on a pair of two-run home runs by Cody Miller and Grant Gallagher. For Gallagher, it was his 18th of the season which continues to lead all of Division I baseball. Miller, meanwhile, slugged his 12th long ball of the season and only trails Gallagher's 18 and Cooper Torres' 14 on the Bucs' home run list.