Baseball Clubs Four Homers in Gritty 12-10 Road Win Over High Point
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team earned a 12-10 non-conference victory over the High Point Panthers on Tuesday night at Williard Stadium.
Four different Spartans combined to hit a season-high four home runs. Jacob Budzik paced UNCG with four RBI while Trey Truitt batted in three runs and logged three extra-base hits with two doubles and a home run. UNCG scored runs in six of the nine innings.
ATTACHED PHOTO: Parker Wight (Credit: Connor Wachtel)
High Point got on the board first in the opening frame when Konni Durschlag hit a leadoff home run before Jackson Melton hit a sacrifice fly to score Miggy Echazarreta. However, the Spartans quickly answered and took the lead, 3-2, when Budzik pulled a three-run home run over the wall in left.
The Panthers reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the second when Landen Johnson singled to right to score two runs. A third run in the inning then scored on a passed ball before Brayden Simpson singled into center to score Johnson, which extended the lead to 5-3.
Luke Holland tied the game, 5-5, in the top of the third inning when he clubbed a two-run home run to left to score himself and Parker Wight.
After the Panthers reclaimed the lead and pushed it to 8-5 with three runs in the bottom of the third, the Spartans cut it to 8-7 with a two-run home run from Trey Truitt in the fourth.
The fifth inning saw the Spartans briefly tie it, 8-8, thanks to a double hit into the left-field corner by Budzik, which scored Brantley Truitt. However, the Panthers reclaimed the lead, 9-8, in the bottom half on Durschlag’s second home run of the night.
UNCG was quick to answer in the sixth, piling on three more runs with an RBI double by Trey Truitt before Wight launched a two-run homer out to right. It gave the Spartans the lead for the first time since the second inning, 11-9.
High Point cut the deficit to one, 11-10, during the bottom half of the sixth when Christian Smith drove in Brayden Simpson on a sacrifice fly.
Jeremy Wolf scored an insurance run for the Spartans in the ninth, knocking a single into left to score Brantley Truitt, which made it 12-10.
Danny Thompson Jr. entered the game for UNCG to pitch in the ninth and earned his third save of the season with a pair of strikeouts.
NOTES:
Budzik led the team with four RBI.
Wolf and Trey Truitt tied for the team lead with three hits.
UNCG hit a season-high four home runs.
Luke Holland led with a pair of walks.
Five Spartans finished with multiple hits.
UNCG had the edge in walks, 7-6, and hits, 14-12.
PITCHING RECORDS:
Hunter Shuey: W, 1-1
Mateo Wells: L, 0-1
Danny Thompson Jr.: Save, 3
RECORDS:
UNCG: 7-9, 0-0 SoCon
HPU: 12-5, 0-0 Big South
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The Spartans will host North Carolina A&T from Friday to Sunday at UNCG Baseball Stadium. First pitches for the series are scheduled for 4:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Courtesy of Connor Wachtel
Strategic Communications Coordinator
UNC Greensboro