Baseball 5/13/2006 8:00:00 PM UNCGSpartans.com

Spartans knock off Wofford 8-7, 8-3 Saturday; sweep series from Terriers

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GREENSBORO, NC Junior Jermaine Mitchell was a combined 4-for-7 with four RBI in a doubleheader sweep of Wofford as UNC Greensboro downed the Terriers 8-7 and 8-3 to claim its first series sweep of the season Saturday afternoon at UNCG Baseball Stadium.

Mitchell finished the three-game series with a total of seven hits and now has a total of 81 for the season, leaving the Daingerfield, TX native in fourth place on UNCG's all-time single season hit list.

Logan Smith provided the game-winning dramatics for the Spartans in the first game as the Charlotte, NC native lifted a sacrifice fly into rightfield in the bottom of the 10th inning to propel UNCG to a thrilling 8-7 victory. Sean Snell drew a walk to open the inning and then stole second before moving to third on a groundout on the infield. After Wofford pitcher JD Melton intentionally walked Adam Deleo and Roly Gonzalez to set up a force out at any base, Smith ran the count full and fouled off a number of pitches before plating Snell with the game-winning run.

Wofford (19-33, 4-20 SoCon) held a 7-5 lead entering the bottom of the ninth only to see the Spartans rally for a pair of runs to send the game into extra frames. Gonzalez, who pinch hit to start the inning, drew a walk and then stole second before Greg Feltes was hit by a pitch with one out to put the tying run on. Brandon Harvey followed with a single to left to load the bases before Mitchell laced the first pitch he saw through the right side to plate Gonzalez and Feltes, tying the game at seven runs apiece.

Snell finished the game 3-for-4 with three RBI which included a towering two-run home run to left for his second roundtripper of the season. Harvey and Mitchell each chipped in with two hits apiece.

Senior Patrick Currin (9-3) earned a win in relief for the second straight day after allowing two runs on three hits while striking out five in four innings of work.

Melton (6-4) took the loss after surrendering four runs on three hits while recording three punchouts in 3-2/3 innings of mound duty.

Game two saw UNCG score five runs over the first five innings and never looked back en route to an 8-3 win.

The Terriers jumped out to a 2-0 lead after a half inning when second baseman Shane Kirkley blasted a two-run home run down the leftfield line off the foul pole for his team-leading 12th home run of the season.

UNCG (23-28, 12-12 SoCon) answered with two runs in the bottom half on a two-out, two-run RBI single off the bat of Deleo to score Welsh and Mitchell.

The Spartans took the lead for good after the third inning as UNCG plated three more runs to take a 5-2 lead. Snell started things with a double to left-centerfield before Harvey drew a walk to put the first two runners on. Mitchell and Welsh followed with back-to-back RBI singles to account for the first two runs before Feltes drove home the final run two batters later with an RBI single of his own.

UNCG put together another three-run inning in the bottom of the eighth to put the game out of reach as the Spartans capitalized on three Wofford errors and got an RBI single from Mitchell to account for the trio of runs.

Freshman Greg Martin (1-0) earned his first collegiate win after hurling 4-2/3 innings in relief of starter Clay Gibson. Martin allowed just one run on four hits while striking out two and walking none.

Wofford starter Lance Player (1-3) took the loss after being touched for five runs on seven hits in six innings of work.

Mitchell led the Spartans at the plate with a 2-for-4 showing and has now had multi-hit games in his last six contests.

UNCG returns to the diamond Tuesday evening when the Spartans travel to Chapel Hill to tangle with North Carolina in the second meeting of the season. Earlier this season, UNCG knocked off No. 1 North Carolina 7-6 at UNCG Baseball Stadium in the school's first ever win over a top-ranked team in the Division I era.

AGATE:

UNC Greensboro 8, Wofford 7 (May 13, 2006 at Greensboro, NC) (Game 1)

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Wofford............. 101 120 020 0 - 7 11 0 (19-32, 4-19)

UNC Greensboro...... 102 001 012 1 - 8 9 3 (22-28, 11-12)

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Pitchers: Wofford - Dawson Smith; JD Melton(7). UNC Greensboro - Ryan Falcon;

Clinton McKinney(5); Patrick Currin(7).

Win-Patrick Currin(9-3) Loss-JD Melton(6-4) T-2:56 A-270

HR UNCG - Sean Snell.

McKinney faced 1 batter in the 7th.

UNC Greensboro 8, Wofford 3 (May 13, 2006 at Greensboro, NC) (Game 2)