Baseball 5/16/2008 8:00:00 PM UNCGSpartans.com

UNCG falls to Davidson, 6-2; Wildcats take series

Box Score

GREENSBORO, NC A solo home run by Matt Webb in the fourth gave Davidson a one-run lead over UNCG Greensboro. After adding on five more, the Wildcats held off the Spartans for a 6-2 victory on Friday evening at UNCG Baseball Stadium. With the win, the Wildcats took the final regular season Southern Conference series from the hands of UNCG.

UNCG will go into the 2008 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament with an overall record of 31-25 and a league mark of 15-12. Davidson will head to Charleston with a 12-37 season record and a 4-23 mark in the conference.

The finale win went to Davidson starter John Edwards (1-0) who pitched for 5.0 innings with just one strikeout. Mike Frongello (2-4) earned his fifth save of the season after coming to the mound in the eighth. Senior reliever Wes McCall (1-7) took the loss after allowing Davidson's first three runs of the game. While on the rubber, he led both sides with five strikeouts.

At the plate for UNCG, senior designated hitter Greg Feltes was 1-for-2 with run and freshman third baseman Ray Quinones was 1-for-3 with an RBI. Davidson's Chris FitzPatrick went 2-for-3 and Matt Webb was 1-for-4 with an RBI, a run, and a solo home run.

A solo home run to lead off the fourth inning by Matt Webb gave the Wildcats their first scratch on the board. Webb sent a 1-2 pitch over the left field wall for his fifth homer of the season.

In their next at-bat, Davidson upped the margin by two more. Eden came down from third off of a wild pitch and Brett Shore rounded home on a Zach Kayne double to right field.

In the home half of the second, UNCG put up their first run of the game as sophomore center fielder Corey Overholtzer, senior catcher Adam Deleo, and freshman third baseman Ray Quinones sprayed consecutive singles into the outfield. With runners on first and second, Quinones drove the ball far enough into right center to allow Overholtzer to cross the plate and put the score at 3-1 in favor of Davidson.

With two away, the Spartans nearly took the lead away from the Wildcats as senior shortstop Matt Gaski drove a hard ball out to right field. The ball crossed over the fence line, but Wildcat right fielder Chase FitzPatrick jumped up, reached over, and robbed the homer to close out the inning and preserve the Davidson lead.

Reliever Rob Gilliam came in for senior Wes McCall in the top half of the eighth. With none out and inherited runners on second and third, the Chapel Hill, NC native blew past the first two batters in eight pitches. He then allowed a bases loaded walk before pitching into a ground out to second base to close out the inning and hold the Wildcats at bay.

With a one-run lead, Davidson jumped ahead even further with three runs scored in the top of the ninth. Shore was brought in off of a left field single by Chase FitzPatrick and in the next at-bat, both Danny Weiss and Chase FitzPatrick rounded home on a right field double by Tommy Piacenza.

Unable to comeback from the four-run deficit, UNCG dropped its final conference regular season game, 6-2, to Davidson.

2008 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament action will get underway Tuesday, May 20 in Charleston, SC. For complete tournament information visit www.SoConSports.com.

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Davidson 6, UNC Greensboro 2 (May 16, 2008 at Greensboro, NC)

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Davidson.................. 000 120 003 - 6 13 0 (12-37, 4-23 SoCon)

UNC Greensboro...... 000 011 000 - 2 6 1 (31-25, 15-12 SoCon)

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Pitchers: Davidson - Edwards; Horkley(6); Hunter(8); Frongello(8).

UNC Greensboro - Greg Smith; Wes McCall(4); Rob Gilliam(8).

Win-Edwards(1-0)

Save-Frongello(5)

Loss-Wes McCall(1-7)