University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
8-10, 1-0
Gardner-Webb
10-9, 0-1
Bulldogs Ride Hot Start to Series-Opening Win at Gardner-Webb on Friday
03.14.2025 | Baseball
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Asheville opened the game in a big way, striking for five runs on four hits in the top half of the first. Corbin Lanowitz was hit by the first pitch of the game, before moving to third on a single to right field by Logan Lowe. Lanowitz would score on a double to center by Rylen Stockton, before Lowe would score on a sacrifice fly to center by Brock Mercado. After Coleman McGinnis drew a walk, Patrick Gillen would launch his first home run as a Bulldog over the right center field wall to give Asheville a 5-0 lead. Asheville would add another run in the third on Jake Minarik's first career home run, a solo shot to left. The teams would trade blank frames until the top of the seventh, when Lowe was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning before advancing to second on a wild pitch. He would come around to score on a fielding error off the bat of Rylen Stockton, as Stockton advanced to second on the play. Gardner-Webb would score four runs in the home half of the seventh and one in the bottom of the eighth, before plating one run in the ninth and leaving the tying run at third as Daylinh Nguyen-Brown recorded a huge punchout to end the game.
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Stockton paced the offense going a career-best 4-5 with two doubles, while Minarik had two hits and Lowe, Gillen and Isaac Turner each had one. Lowe scored two runs in the game, while Lanowitz, Stockton, McGinnis, Gillen and Minarik each scored once. Gillen drove in a career-high three runs in the game, while Stockton, Mercado and Minarik each drove in runs in the game. Shea Walker got the start on the bump, firing three shutout innings allowing five hits with two strikeouts. Garrett Crum (1-0) picked up his first win as a Bulldog out of the pen, throwing two scoreless innings in relief of Walker allowing just one hit with two walks and a career-high four punchouts. Branden Barna would toss 1.2 innings of relief giving up three runs on two hits with two walks and one strikeout, before Matthew Hall would contribute 0.2 innings allowing two runs on four hits with one walk. Nguyen-Brown would lock down his third save of the season with 1.2 innings of relief, giving up one run on two hits with one walk and two strikeouts.
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The Bulldogs return to the diamond tomorrow (Saturday, Mar. 15) to finish off the series with a doubleheader. First pitch is set for 3:00 p.m. from John Henry Moss Stadium in Boiling Springs, N.C. with live stats available at www.uncabulldogs.com. Â
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Crum, Garrett (1-0)
L: BERTRAM, Reid (1-2)
S: Nguyen-Brown, Daylinh (3)
Batting:
2B: Stockton, Rylen 2
3B: Stockton, Rylen 1
HR: Gillen, Patrick 1 ; Minarik, Jake 1
RBI: Stockton, Rylen 1 ; Mercado, Brock 1 ; Gillen, Patrick 3 ; Minarik, Jake 1
SH: Turner, Isaac 1
SF: Mercado, Brock 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lanowitz, Corbin 1 ; Lowe, Logan 2 ; Stockton, Rylen 1 ; McGinnis, Coleman 1 ; Gillen, Patrick 1 ; Minarik, Jake 1
HBP: Lanowitz, Corbin 2 ; Lowe, Logan 1
Batting:
2B: KENNELL, Ryan 1 ; THOMAS, Tanner 1 ; LIAO, Ethan 1
HR: THOMAS, Tanner 1 ; MACIAS, Garrett 1 ; RIPEPI, Drew 1
RBI: THOMAS, Tanner 2 ; MACIAS, Garrett 2 ; LIAO, Ethan 1 ; RIPEPI, Drew 1
Base Running:
RUNS: KENNELL, Ryan 1 ; THOMAS, Tanner 1 ; FRANCIS, Dale 1 ; WILLOUGHBY, Carson 1 ; MACIAS, Garrett 1 ; RIPEPI, Drew 1
CS: KENNELL, Ryan 1 ; MACIAS, Garrett 1
