HPU baseball earns 5-1 win over La Salle to open two-game set
• High Point picked up a 5-1 win over La Salle on Tuesday in the first of two games against the Explorers.
• Freshman Cooper Jeffers
• The Panthers stole five bases in the game, giving them 29 through the first 12 games this season.
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University baseball team opened its two-game series against La Salle with a 5-1 win over the Explorers on Tuesday at Williard Stadium. Freshman Cooper Jeffers
“This was a solid all-around win,” head coach Craig Cozart
Jeffers allowed just one unearned run on six hits and two walks in his 5-1/3 innings while striking out four batters. He has allowed just one earned run in 11-1/3 innings on the mound in 2016.
Jordan Meyer took the loss for La Salle, falling to 0-1 in three appearances this season. Meyer pitched five innings and allowed five runs, four earned, on four hits and three walks with one strikeout.
High Point improves to 8-4 on the season with the win while the Explorers drop to 1-10 in 2016.
The Panthers jumped on La Salle early with four runs in the first two innings. Senior Dominic Fazio
High Point added another run to its lead in the fourth inning on another sacrifice fly, this time by junior Josh Greene
La Salle came out in the next half inning and loaded the bases against Jeffers on a double, a walk and an infield single, forcing a pitching change for the Panthers. Senior Tyler Britton
Britton retired seven-straight La Salle batters following the error then handed the baton off to redshirt-senior Joe Goodman
Clare and sophomore Carson Jackson
The Panthers and Explorers wrap up their two-game series on Wednesday, March 9, at Williard Stadium. High Point can improve to 4-0 in midweek games with a win in the series finale. First pitch is set for 4 p.m.