University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Longwood
Late Inning Runs Move Longwood Past Bulldogs Saturday Afternoon
05.07.2016 | Baseball
THE RUNDOWN
Score: Longwood 2 – Asheville 1
Teams: Asheville (15-28, 5-11 BSC)
Longwood (26-20, 10-9 BSC)
Location: Charles Buddy Bolding Stadium / Farmville, VA
FARMVILLE, VA – A pitcher's duel throughout the afternoon, Longwood plated single runs in the seventh and eighth innings to tie and take the lead, handing visiting UNC Asheville a 2-1 loss in the Big South Conference series opener between the teams Saturday afternoon.
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Probables: Danny Wilson (Fr. RHP, AVL) vs. Luke Simpson (Jr. RHP, Longwood)
THE TURNING POINT
A solo home run for Longwood to tie the game up in the bottom of the seventh was one of the only blemishes of Bulldog starter Jordan Carr's afternoon, before the hosts used a leadoff walk in the bottom of the eighth to plate the go-ahead run via a two-out base hit that just got into left field.
The Bulldogs left 11 men on base in the game, having at least one base runner on in each of the first seven innings before going down in order in both the eighth and ninth innings.
NOTABLES
-Danny Wilson finished with two of Asheville's five hits, while Joe Tietjen, Scott Kobos and Carmine Pagano each notched one hit. Pagano's double was the only Bulldog extra base hit and one of three total extra base hits overall. Kyle Carruthers had the only Asheville RBI, drawing a bases loaded walk to bring home the visitors only run in the top of the fifth inning.
-Carr pitched in and out of trouble all afternoon, finishing with seven complete innings, allowing just three hits and one run while walking four batters and striking out two. Eric Whitecavage was saddled with the loss, allowing the go-ahead run in the eighth, as part of his one inning in which he allowed one hit and a pair of walks.
-Pete Guy finished with two walks, and now has 51 total base on balls this season and has run his on-base streak to 28 consecutive games.
-The Bulldogs stranded one base runner in each of the first three innings, while Longwood left two base runners of its own on to end the bottom of the third.
-Asheville had runners at first and third with one out in the fourth inning following back-to-back singles by Wilson and Kobos before a strikeout and fly out ended the threat. Carr proceeded to strand two Longwood runners in the bottom of the fourth as the game remained knotted at zero.
-In the fifth for Asheville, Pagano opened the inning with his double down the left field line before Guy and Lucas Owens both walked to load the bases. Carruthers' walk plated Pagano to give the Bulldogs the lead and get into the Longwood bullpen. Tietjen grounded into a fielder's choice for the first out of the inning before Wilson flew out to shallow center field and pinch hitter Justin Woods struck out to end the threat and leave the bases loaded.
-Asheville went on to strand two runners in the sixth and one in the seventh, all while Carr found a groove and sat down the side in order in the bottom of the fifth and sixth frames. He retired the first two batters in the seventh before giving up the solo home run to Brandon Harvell that tied the game.
-After the Bulldogs went down in order in the top of the eighth, a leadoff pinch hit walk by Janos Briscoe eventually came around to score on Michael Osinski's two-out single that proved to be the game-winner for Longwood after the Bulldogs again when down in order in the ninth to end the afternoon.
UP NEXT
-Following today's loss, the Bulldogs and Longwood continue the series on Sunday afternoon with a 2:00 p.m. start before finishing up at 1:00 p.m. Monday. Asheville then returns home for five games, beginning with midweek games against Furman (Tuesday) and UNC Greensboro (Wednesday) before hosting Big South Conference foe Gardner-Webb beginning next Friday night.
