University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics

Saturday, March 18
Charleston, SC
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Bulldogs fall in an 11-10 slugfest at Charleston Southern

03.18.2023 | Baseball

Box Score
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The UNC Asheville baseball team fell in a high-scoring game at Charleston Southern on Saturday afternoon by a score of 11-10. With Saturday's setback, the Bulldogs moved to 12-6 overall and 0-2 in Big South action.
 
Cameron Johnson led the way for Asheville on Saturday. He matched a career-high with four hits in a 4-for-5 effort at the plate with a home run, two RBI, and three runs scored. Robbie Burnett and Dylan Bacot also had two-hit days against CSU, while Michael Groves and Kohl Abrams both hit home runs as well.
 
The Bulldogs wasted little time in getting into the run column on Saturday. After a leadoff walk from Ty Kaufman, Burnett drove him home with an RBI triple to stake Asheville to an early 1-0 lead.
 
Asheville would tack on two more runs in the top of the first and led the Buccaneers 3-0 before they took their first at-bats of the contest.
 
Charleston Southern would score one run in the bottom of the first and two more in the bottom of the fourth to make the score 4-3 Bulldogs.
 
Asheville would add to its lead in the fifth as Groves hit a long home run to right field with Johnson on base to push the Bulldog lead back out to three, 6-3.
 
Abrams would hit a solo home run, which was his first collegiate home run, in the sixth to make it 7-3 Asheville. However, the Buccaneers scored two runs in the bottom half to make the score 7-5 Bulldogs going into the late innings.
 
Following a scoreless seventh, there was plenty of offense in the final two innings. In the bottom of the eighth, Charleston Southern drew a pair of walks and then hit a three-run home run to put the Bulldogs behind, 8-7.
 
Asheville did not quit battling though. Burnett got on base with a one-out single in the top of the ninth. Burnett then scored all the way from first base thanks to a double from Bacot to tie the score at 8-8. The Bulldogs weren't done there as Johnson came through with a clutch two-run home run to put Asheville on top again, 10-8, going to the bottom of the ninth.
 
Charleston Southern's offense kept rolling though. The Buccaneers got a leadoff single and then a two-run home run followed to tie the game at 10-10. After the game-tying home run, CSU then notched another single and then moved the runner up to second base with a sacrifice bunt. To set up a potential double play, the Bulldogs intentionally walked the next hitter. An error by the Bulldogs and then a single finished off the win for the Buccaneers, 11-10.
 
Asheville and Charleston Southern will close out their series on Sunday. The first pitch between the Bulldogs and Buccaneers is set for 1 p.m. on ESPN+.
 

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L, 4-10

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Hill, Kaleb (3-1)

L: Johnson, Brett (0-1)

UNC Asheville LogoUNC Asheville

Batting:

2B: Bacot, Dylan 1 ; Johnson, Cameron 1

3B: Burnett, Robbie 1

HR: Johnson, Cameron 1 ; Groves, Michael 1 ; Abrams, Kohl 1

RBI: Burnett, Robbie 1 ; Bacot, Dylan 2 ; Johnson, Cameron 2 ; Groves, Michael 3 ; Castonguay, Tony 1 ; Abrams, Kohl 1

SF: Groves, Michael 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Kaufman, Ty 1 ; Burnett, Robbie 2 ; Bacot, Dylan 2 ; Johnson, Cameron 3 ; Groves, Michael 1 ; Abrams, Kohl 1

SB: Kaufman, Ty 1 ; Bacot, Dylan 1 ; Castonguay, Tony 1

CS: Kaufman, Ty 1

HBP: Castonguay, Tony 1

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Batting:

2B: Polanco, Ernesto 1

3B: Rae, Jaylin 1

HR: Brock, Bryce 1 ; Regino, Nico 1

RBI: George, Ike 3 ; Davis, Kieran 1 ; Brock, Bryce 4 ; Tuupo, Chandler 1 ; Regino, Nico 2

SH: Polanco, Ernesto 1 ; Fazzari, Nicholas 1 ; Payne, Jared 1

Base Running:

RUNS: George, Ike 2 ; Rae, Jaylin 1 ; Brock, Bryce 1 ; Brewer, Tyrell 1 ; Low, Sam 1 ; Regino, Nico 1 ; Polanco, Ernesto 3 ; Payne, Jared 1

SB: Brewer, Tyrell 1

HBP: Asman, Casey 1

PO: Brewer, Tyrell 1

Game Leaders

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Cameron Johnson

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Robbie Burnett

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Dylan Bacot

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RBI
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Ty Kaufman

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Players Mentioned

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Kohl Abrams

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Dylan Bacot

OF
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Robbie Burnett

INF/OF
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Michael Groves

1B
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Cameron Johnson

INF
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Ty Kaufman

INF
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