GREENSBORO, NC – Senior Isaac Harrow tied a SoCon game-high this season by knocking in seven RBI and Jerod Faggert added five RBI to lead Appalachian State over UNC Greensboro, 19-4, on Saturday afternoon at the UNCG Baseball Stadium.

Josh Dowdy picked up his fifth win of the season for the Mountaineers (29-18, 14-13 SoCon) after allowing just three runs on three hits in six innings. His performance was overshadowed by the 19 runs and 24 hits recorded by the Mountaineers.

Greg Smith was credited with the loss for the Spartans (17-27, 5-19 SoCon) after allowing six runs (four earned) in 3 1/3 innings of work.

After breezing through the first two innings, Smith ran into trouble in the third inning. Smith got the first batter to strike out, but hit Jerod Faggart with a pitch to put a runner on first. After a single and fielder's choice loaded the bases, Harrow hit a towering shot over the center field wall for a grand slam.

Will Helms led off the fourth by reaching on a fielding error as the Mountaineers would extend their lead to 8-0. He scored later in the inning on Faggart's RBI single through the left side. Appalachian State would go on to load the bases later in the inning for Harrow again, who appeared to hit his second grand slam of the game. The ball hit off the top of the wall in right center and Harrow had to settle for a bases clearing triple to put ASU ahead, 8-0.

The Spartans got a run back in the bottom of the fifth inning when Trevor Edwards hit his fourth home run of the season over the wall in right field to make it an 8-1 ballgame.

Appalachian State responded in the top of the sixth inning with back-to-back solo home runs by Rand Smith and Wes Hobson to push their lead to 10-1.

UNCG put up two more runs in the bottom of the sixth to narrow to Mountaineer lead to 10-3. Brent O'Berry led off the inning with a walk and scored two batters later on Corey Overholtzer's triple to the gap in right center. Overholtzer scored later in the inning on a ground out to the right side of the infield.

The Mountaineers added four more runs in the top of the eighth inning when Faggert hit the second grand slam of the day for Appalachian State over the wall in left center.

Appalachian State strung together a double and four singles in the top of the ninth as they added four more runs in the ninth inning to pull ahead 19-3.

Joey Frabasile hit a line drive home run over the right wall in the bottom of the ninth to make the final score 19-4.

The Spartans and Mountaineers will wrap up the series on Sunday with a 1 p.m. game at the UNCG Baseball Stadium.

AGATE
Appalachian State 19, UNC Greensboro 4
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Appalachian State..... 004 402 054 - 19 24 1  (29-18)
UNC Greensboro.......000 012 001 - 4 6 2  (17-27)
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Pitchers: UNC Greensboro – Greg Smith, Adam Daufeldt, Zach Furl, Alex Shelton, Ian Phillips, Wes McBride. Appalachian State – Josh Dowdy, Nick Daniels, Andrew Webster.
Win- Josh Dowdy (5-2) Loss- Greg Smith (3-8)  T-2:52  A-352
HR: UNC Greensboro: Trevor Edwards (4) Joey Frabasile (1); Appalachian State: Isaac Harrow (12), Rand Smith (9), Jerod Faggert (8), Wes Hobson (7)

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