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Baseball Falls 4-3 on the Road at App State
03.08.2017 | Baseball
BOONE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville baseball team came from behind once Wednesday evening, rallying from a 2-0 deficit to take a 3-2 lead, but Appalachian State ruined the comeback attempt at Beaver Field and claimed a 4-3 win.
The first three and a half innings passed scoreless despite the Bulldogs (5-6) getting runners on and in scoring position. In the bottom of the fourth, the Mountaineers broke the scoreless tie by putting up a two-spot with a two-run home run.
In the top of the sixth inning, Brandon Lankford hit his team-leading fourth home run of the season to set the score at 2-1. It was his eighth extra-base knock of the season. Justin Woods followed two at-bats later with a single down the right field line and Andrew Friedholm then ripped a two-out double down the opposite line, allowing Woods to race all the way home from first, tying the score at two-all.
In the top of the next inning, Kyle Carruthers led off with a single up the middle and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunch by Carmine Pagano. Joe Tietjen then moved Carruthers to third with a well-placed bunt for a single and Lankford then batted Carruthers in. It was the first run scored of the season for Carruthers and the second RBI of the game for Lankford.
In the bottom of the inning, App State scored two unearned runs to retake the lead, including one off a wild pitch.
The Bulldogs were able to get runners to second and third in the top of the eighth with no outs, but the Mountaineers got out of the jam without giving up a run with a pop up, a strikeout and a ground out. App State then sat UNC Asheville down in order in the top of the ninth to finish off the one-run win.
Both Tietjen and Woods finished the game with multiple hits. Tietjen went 2-for-4 at the plate while Woods went 3-for-4 with a run scored.
App State was led by Drake Zupcic and Avery Jackson's two-hit performances as well as Tyler Stroup's pair of RBIs.
The Bulldogs went "johnny wholestaff" Wednesday evening with eight different pitchers toeing the rubber. Woods led things off and Greg Gasparro, Nick Boyles, Blake Brown, Eric Whitecavage, Austin Fahr, Ryan Tapp and Jesse Juday followed. Tapp (0-3) was saddled with the loss as he gave up the game-winning run.
Reed Howell (1-0) earned his first win of the season, pitching 2.1 innings before Matt Brill came in to close the game out. Brill earned his second save of the year.
BULLDOG BITES
EXTRAS FOR LANKFORD: Brandon Lankford's home run in the top of the sixth was the fourth of the year for the freshman and was his eighth extra-base knock. Both lead the team.
DOING IT ALL: Justin Woods continued to do a little bit of everything for the Bulldogs as he was the starting pitcher Wednesday and also led the way at the plate. Woods now has 10 hits at the plate on the year and has made five appearances on the mound, pitching 6.0 innings.
UP NEXT
The Bulldogs return home this weekend for a three-game, weekend series against former Big South Conference foe the University of Maryland – Baltimore County (UMBC). The series with the Retrievers will begin Friday, March 10 with a 3 p.m. first pitch. Saturday's game is slated for 2 p.m. and Sunday's series finale will get underway at 1 p.m.
QUOTABLES
"Good game to App State and congrats to Coach Smith. We came up a bit short tonight. We didn't play a clean game defensively and that's what cost us in the long run. We need to limit our opponents to 27 outs to give us a chance. We had a good approach at the plate tonight and we need to continue that into the weekend." - Scott Friedholm
The first three and a half innings passed scoreless despite the Bulldogs (5-6) getting runners on and in scoring position. In the bottom of the fourth, the Mountaineers broke the scoreless tie by putting up a two-spot with a two-run home run.
In the top of the sixth inning, Brandon Lankford hit his team-leading fourth home run of the season to set the score at 2-1. It was his eighth extra-base knock of the season. Justin Woods followed two at-bats later with a single down the right field line and Andrew Friedholm then ripped a two-out double down the opposite line, allowing Woods to race all the way home from first, tying the score at two-all.
In the top of the next inning, Kyle Carruthers led off with a single up the middle and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunch by Carmine Pagano. Joe Tietjen then moved Carruthers to third with a well-placed bunt for a single and Lankford then batted Carruthers in. It was the first run scored of the season for Carruthers and the second RBI of the game for Lankford.
In the bottom of the inning, App State scored two unearned runs to retake the lead, including one off a wild pitch.
The Bulldogs were able to get runners to second and third in the top of the eighth with no outs, but the Mountaineers got out of the jam without giving up a run with a pop up, a strikeout and a ground out. App State then sat UNC Asheville down in order in the top of the ninth to finish off the one-run win.
Both Tietjen and Woods finished the game with multiple hits. Tietjen went 2-for-4 at the plate while Woods went 3-for-4 with a run scored.
App State was led by Drake Zupcic and Avery Jackson's two-hit performances as well as Tyler Stroup's pair of RBIs.
The Bulldogs went "johnny wholestaff" Wednesday evening with eight different pitchers toeing the rubber. Woods led things off and Greg Gasparro, Nick Boyles, Blake Brown, Eric Whitecavage, Austin Fahr, Ryan Tapp and Jesse Juday followed. Tapp (0-3) was saddled with the loss as he gave up the game-winning run.
Reed Howell (1-0) earned his first win of the season, pitching 2.1 innings before Matt Brill came in to close the game out. Brill earned his second save of the year.
BULLDOG BITES
EXTRAS FOR LANKFORD: Brandon Lankford's home run in the top of the sixth was the fourth of the year for the freshman and was his eighth extra-base knock. Both lead the team.
DOING IT ALL: Justin Woods continued to do a little bit of everything for the Bulldogs as he was the starting pitcher Wednesday and also led the way at the plate. Woods now has 10 hits at the plate on the year and has made five appearances on the mound, pitching 6.0 innings.
UP NEXT
The Bulldogs return home this weekend for a three-game, weekend series against former Big South Conference foe the University of Maryland – Baltimore County (UMBC). The series with the Retrievers will begin Friday, March 10 with a 3 p.m. first pitch. Saturday's game is slated for 2 p.m. and Sunday's series finale will get underway at 1 p.m.
QUOTABLES
"Good game to App State and congrats to Coach Smith. We came up a bit short tonight. We didn't play a clean game defensively and that's what cost us in the long run. We need to limit our opponents to 27 outs to give us a chance. We had a good approach at the plate tonight and we need to continue that into the weekend." - Scott Friedholm
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Howell (1-0)
L: Tapp, Ryan (0-3)
S: Brill (2)
Batting:
2B: Tietjen, Joe 1 ; Woods, Justin 1 ; Friedholm, Andrew 1
HR: Lankford, Brandon 1
RBI: Lankford, Brandon 2 ; Friedholm, Andrew 1
SH: Pagano, Carmine 1 ; Bush, Tanner 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Carruthers, Kyle 1 ; Lankford, Brandon 1 ; Woods, Justin 1
SB: Smith, Derek 1
CS: Pagano, Carmine 1
HBP: Troost, Chris 1
Batting:
2B: Bauk 1 ; Jackson 1
HR: Stroup 1
RBI: Stroup 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Grubbs 1 ; Seagle 1 ; Stroup 1 ; Langdon 1
SB: Grubbs 1
CS: Zupcic 1
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