University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics

Bulldogs Secure Series Win with 17-7 Victory over Stonehill
03.01.2025 | Baseball
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Stonehill scored one run in the top of the first, before Asheville put up five runs in the home half. Logan Lowe started the inning on a walk, before advancing to second on a ground ball for the first out. Lowe would score on a RBI single to right field by Owen Michelson, before Rylen Stockton doubled to right field to advance Michelson to third. Ben Hemphill would bring home a run with a groundout, before Coleman McGinnis brought home a run with a RBI single to right field. Caiden Chilausky would draw a walk to advance McGinnis to second, before Jake Minarik brought McGinnis home on a single up the middle that moved Chilausky to third. Jake Pereira would single home Chilausky to put a cap on the home half of the first. Stonehill would get one back in the top half of the second, before Asheville stretched its lead with three runs in the home half. Corbin Lanowitz led off the inning with a walk, before Michelson pushed him to second being hit by a pitch. Both runners would move up on a wild pitch, before Lanowitz would score and Michelson would move to third on another wild pitch. Stockton would draw a walk to put runners at the corners, before Hemphill reached on a fielder's choice to score Michelson. McGinnis would draw a walk to push Hemphill to second, before Chilausky singled to right field to load the bases. Hemphill would score on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Minarik for the third run in the frame. Asheville would add one run in the home half of the third when Stockton brought home Lowe on a sacrifice fly, before Stonehill would score two in the top of the fourth and one in the top of the fifth. A well-executed double steal in the home half of the fifth resulted in Pereira scoring for Asheville, before Stonehill would score twice in the top of the sixth. Asheville would strike for three runs in the bottom of the sixth, with the inning starting with a Charlie Stogner single to right center. McGinnis was hit by a pitch to move Stogner to second, before Chilausky laid down a sacrifice bunt to move both runners into scoring position. Pereira would reach on a two-out infield single to score Stogner, before stealing second and getting into scoring position for Lowe. Lowe would lace a single to left to score both McGinnis and Pereira in the inning, before Asheville would keep Stonehill off the board and score four more runs over the next two innings to bring the game to its final score. McGinnis would launch his second career long ball in the seventh to score Stogner, before Asheville would finish off the game with two runs in the eighth. A double to right by Lanowitz would bring home Pereira, before Stockton would bring home Lowe on a sacrifice fly to right as the game's final run.
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Asheville's 17 runs in the game are the most since scoring 20 against Bellarmine back on Feb. 23, 2024 while Asheville's 17 hits are the most since recording 18 hits against Bellarmine the following day. Lowe had a career day at the plate, going 4-5 with three runs scored and two runs batted in. Pereira also had three hits in the game while scoring three times and driving in two runs, along with Lanowitz, McGinnis and Chilausky each recording two hits in the game. Michelson, Stockton, Stogner and Minarik each posted one hit in the game including the first of Stogner's career, while McGinnis drove in a career-high three runs in the game. Stockton, Hemphill and Minarik each drove in two runs in the game, while Lanowitz and Michelson each brought in one. McGinnis also scored a career-high three runs, while Michelson and Stogner each scored twice and Lanowitz, Stockton, Hemphill and Chilausky each scored once. Colby Guy (2-1) went five innings from the start allowing five runs on six hits with four walks and five strikeouts, before being relieved by two innings from Nick Bruno. Bruno allowed two runs, one earned on three hits with three walks and two puchouts, before Sam Thompson fired 0.2 scoreless innings allowing one hit with one walk and one strikeout. Cal Barna would also contribute 0.1 innings of relief in the game.
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The Bulldogs return to action tomorrow (Sunday, Mar. 2) going for the sweep. First pitch is set for 12:00 p.m. from Greenwood Field, with live stats available at www.uncabulldogs.com.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Guy, Colby (2-1)
L: Curley,TJ (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Parks,Sam 1
HR: Parks,Sam 1 ; Gaspar,Taylor 1 ; Christopher,Will 1
RBI: Parks,Sam 1 ; Kearney,Nathan 1 ; Gaspar,Taylor 1 ; Christopher,Will 1
SH: Parks,Sam 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Parks,Sam 2 ; Gaspar,Taylor 1 ; Christopher,Will 1 ; Morrison,Cam 1 ; LeClair,Ryan 1 ; Newton,Will 1
SB: Cohall,Aidan 1
HBP: LeClair,Ryan 1

Batting:
2B: Lowe, Logan 1 ; Lanowitz, Corbin 1 ; Stockton, Rylen 1
HR: McGinnis, Coleman 1
RBI: Lowe, Logan 2 ; Lanowitz, Corbin 1 ; Michelson, Owen 1 ; Stockton, Rylen 2 ; Hemphill, Ben 2 ; McGinnis, Coleman 3 ; Minarik, Jake 2 ; Pereira, Jake 2
SH: Chilausky, Caiden 1
SF: Stockton, Rylen 2 ; Minarik, Jake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lowe, Logan 3 ; Lanowitz, Corbin 1 ; Michelson, Owen 2 ; Stockton, Rylen 1 ; Hemphill, Ben 1 ; Stogner, Charlie 2 ; McGinnis, Coleman 3 ; Chilausky, Caiden 1 ; Pereira, Jake 3
SB: Lowe, Logan 2 ; Chilausky, Caiden 1 ; Pereira, Jake 3
CS: Lanowitz, Corbin 1 ; Michelson, Owen 1
HBP: Michelson, Owen 1 ; McGinnis, Coleman 1
PO: Lanowitz, Corbin 1