GREENSBORO, N.C.- The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team's defense kept the fans on their toes in its 6-5 win over the Towson Tigers to complete the series sweep on Sunday afternoon.
Towson scored in the top of the first on a solo homer to right field.
Pres Cavenaugh and
Ethan McKay walked to get two men on. Junior
Hogan Windish stepped up to the plate and cleared the bases with a three-run home run to left-center to give the Spartans the early 3-1 lead.
Freshman
Caleb Freeman scored the next run for UNCG with a solo shot over the left-field wall in the fourth inning, 4-2.
Towson put the pressure on the Spartans in the sixth inning, scoring a run to cut the lead to one. The Tigers loaded the bases with two outs. Towson hit a ground ball to
Zack Budzik, who bobbled the ball but still got the out at first to end the inning.
The Tigers took their second lead of the game with a triple to center-field to score two, 5-4. The Spartans looked like they were going to go three up and three down in the bottom of the eighth with Budzik and
Pres Cavenaugh flying out to right and center field.
Kennedy Jones pinched hit for
Ethan McKay and hit a single to right field.
Brett Kelly came in for Jones as a pinch-runner. Kelly advanced to third on Windish's single and then scored on
Mitchell Smith's single to tie the game at five.
Matt Kemp stepped up and brought Windish home for the game-leading run.
Kross Robinson came to mound to close out the series for the Spartans. Towson's first batter got on with a single and then advanced on a sacrifice bunt. Robinson caught the next batter swinging for the second out. Windish got the last out for the Spartans with a ground ball right to him to step on the bag. UNCG completed their first sweep of the season with a 6-5 final over Towson.
RECORDS
UNCG: 6-5, 0-0
Towson: 2-10, 0-0
CALEB FREEMAN ON HITTING HIS FIRST HOME RUN
"It felt electric! The best part about was the situation of the game. It ended up being a one-run game so I might have been the difference of the game. It was great coming around third base and seeing all my teammates. They gave me the silent treatment when I first got into the dugout but that's typical for your first home run. It was an awesome moment that I'll cherish for the rest of my life."
BY THE NUMBERS
- Windish, Smith, and Dallas Callahan led the Spartans with two hits.
- Freeman and Windish hit the Spartan's only home runs in the game.
- Windish led with three RBIs.
- Ryan Rouse, Price King, Alex Hoppe, and Robinson struck out a combined 11 batters.
- Hoppe struck out six.
- Robinson earned his first save of the year.
UPCOMING
UNCG will cap off its four-game homestand with a Tuesday matchup against ACC powerhouse NC State. The first pitch is set for 3 p.m.
