DAVIDSON, NC – After holding a 4-2 lead in the fourth, UNC Greensboro used nine runs in the fifth to coast to the 14-2 victory and its first Southern Conference win of the season over Davidson on Saturday afternoon at Wilson Field.
Junior Tim Carrier went 4-for-5, including two home runs to lead the Spartans. Greg Feltes and Adam Deleo each finished 3-for-5 from the plate.
Freshman Corey Overholtzer gave the Spartans (12-10, 1-1 SoCon) a 2-0 lead in the second with his first collegiate homer. UNCG went up 4-0 on a pair of one-run roundtrippers in the third. Carrier opened the inning with a blast to centerfield. Two batters later, junior Scott Schneider sent his third homer of the season over the right field wall.
Davidson (14-11, 3-2 SoCon) answered with a pair of runs to cut the lead in the fourth. Zach Kayne singled to center and Matt Webb reached on an error before Alden Crissey sent a two-run single to right-center. The Wildcats narrowed the Spartan lead, 4-2, before UNCG opened up its scoring in the fifth.
Guy Welsh and Carrier began the inning with singles and advanced to second and third on a Sean Snell sacrifice. Schneider followed with a walk and with the bases loaded, Deleo singled to left-center to score Welsh and Carrier. After a Davidson walk loaded the bases again, junior Matt Gaski drove a two-run single to center. Feltes answered with a two-run double and scored on a Davidson fielding error before Carrier belted a two-run homer to left. UNCG finished with six hits in the inning and took the 13-2 lead.
UNCG starter Matt Gibbs (3-1) earned his third win of the season after only allowing two runs on five hits. The junior struck out a game-high six batters in eight innings of work. Freshman Rob Gilliam pitched an inning of relief and allowed only one hit and struck out one.
Davidson's Matt Knight (2-3) was credited with the loss after allowing eight runs on eight hits in 4-2/3 innings on the mound.
UNCG closes out its three-game series with Davidson on Sunday at 1 pm at Wilson Field.
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Score by Innings R H E
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UNC Greensboro...... 112 090 010 - 14 15 1
Davidson................... 000 200 000 - 2 6 2
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Pitchers: UNCG – Gibbs; Gilliam (9)
Pitchers: Davidson – Knight; Kennedy (5); Packey (7); DeMuro (9)
Win-Matt Gibbs (3-1) Loss-Matt Knight (2-3)
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