University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics

Baseball Drops Series Finale with VMI on Sunday
03.17.2024 | Baseball
VMI jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top half of the first, before Asheville got one back in the home half with Robbie Burnett scoring on a passed ball. The Keydets extended their lead to 4-1 in the third, before a Corbin Lanowitz double brought home Burnett to get the Bulldogs back within two in the bottom half. Lanowitz would score on Michael Groves's first long ball of the season, a towering shot to right field as the Bulldogs rallied to tie the game at four apiece.
VMI went ahead 6-4 with two runs in the fourth, before one run in the fifth and two runs in the sixth stretched the deficit to 9-4. Coleman McGinnis would score on a wild pitch in the sixth, before a VMI run in the seventh and another Lanowitz RBI double to score Burnett in the ninth brought the game to its final score.
Lanowitz had three of Asheville's nine hits in the game, while Burnett had two hits and Kohl Abrams, Dylan Bacot, Groves and McGinnis each had one hit in the game. Lanowitz and Groves each drove in two runs, while Burnett scored three times and Lanowitz, Groves and McGinnis each scored once. Colby Guy (3-1) took the loss on the bump for the Bulldogs, tossing 4.2 innings allowing seven runs, four earned on five hits while tossing three walks and three strikeouts. Isaac Gonzales relieved Guy with 1.1 innings of support, allowing two unearned runs on two hits with one walk and one strikeout. Justin Honeycutt fired the last three innings of the game, allowing one run on three hits with one walk and two strikeouts.
Asheville (10-9) returns to the diamond on Tuesday (Mar. 19) to host Western Carolina in non-conference action. First pitch is set for 5:00 p.m. from Greenwood Field, with video and live stats available at www.uncabulldogs.com.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jones, Andrew (2-2)
L: Guy, Colby (3-1)
Batting:
3B: Jordan, Kazuya 1
HR: Starke, Justin 1 ; Cook, Brett 1
RBI: Starke, Justin 2 ; Cook, Brett 2 ; Peterson, Ryan 1
SH: Fitzwater, Grayson 1 ; Prince, Owen 1 ; Peterson, Ryan 1
SF: Starke, Justin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Morgan, Trey 2 ; Starke, Justin 2 ; Jenkins, Cole 1 ; Cook, Brett 3 ; Swaim, Ty 1 ; Jordan, Kazuya 1
SB: Starke, Justin 2 ; Swaim, Ty 1
CS: Fitzwater, Grayson 1 ; Swaim, Ty 1 ; Jordan, Kazuya 1
HBP: Starke, Justin 1 ; Swaim, Ty 1
PO: Fitzwater, Grayson 1 ; Prince, Owen 1

Batting:
2B: Burnett, Robbie 1 ; Lanowitz, Corbin 2 ; McGinnis, Coleman 1
HR: Groves, Michael 1
RBI: Lanowitz, Corbin 2 ; Groves, Michael 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Burnett, Robbie 3 ; Lanowitz, Corbin 1 ; Groves, Michael 1 ; McGinnis, Coleman 1
HBP: Burnett, Robbie 1 ; Lanowitz, Corbin 1