Baseball Holds Off Liberty, 7-6
After a quiet first inning from both sides, UNCG began the scoring in the second frame with a Luke Jenkins RBI sac bunt to put the score at 1-0. The Flames answered back in the bottom half with a run of their own to knot up the score. Liberty added another run in the third frame from a two out solo shot by Jordan Jaffe to put the score at 2-1. UNCG was undaunted asEthan Brittain blooped an RBI single that tied up the game 2-2.
Following a scoreless fifth, the Spartans battled back in the top of the sixth and retook the advantage with a Tanner Berry RBI double for the 3-2 lead. However Liberty, with two men on, tripled in the bottom half of the sixth to regain the lead, 4-3. Once again UNCG answered with a four-run top of the seventh, starting off with a Jake Mueller ground-rule double driving in Luke Holland. JJ Parsons drove in Mueller with an RBI single up the middle for the 5-4 lead. The rally continued with another Berry RBI and was capped off by a Jenkins RBI single up the middle to end the top of the seventh with UNCG up 7-4.
The Flames once again answered with two runs of their own, but the clutch pitching of Jake Colucci stopped Liberty from gaining anymore runs to hold the lead at 7-6 after seven. After a quiet eighth and top of the ninth, Mayson Dear was brought in for the save up one run. The junior gave up one hit but silenced the Liberty bats with two popouts and a groundout to end the game with a 7-6 win.
PITCHING RECORDS:
Jake Colucci: W, 1-0
Aydan Decker-Petty: L, 1-4
Mayson Dear: (S) 1
NOTES:
UNCG outhit Liberty, 12-10.
The Flames left five runners on base compared to the Spartans’ eight.
This is the first win in Lynchburg in program history.
The Spartans mashed five doubles in the contest.
Jenkins and Berry led the way with two RBIs apiece.
RECORDS:
UNCG: 12-14, 1-2 SoCon
LU: 15-9, 3-3 CUSA
UP NEXT
The Spartans will continue The Southern Conference (SoCon) action this Friday as they travel to Spartanburg, South Carolina, to take on the Wofford Terriers in a three-game series stretching over the weekend. First pitch on Friday is slated for 6:00 p.m.
Courtesy of Grayson Chastain
Strategic Communications Coordinator
UNC Greensboro