GREENSBORO, N.C.- GC Jarman and
Zack Budzik finished with a combined six hits and nine RBIs in the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team's dominant 13-1 win over the N.C. A&T Aggies on Tuesday night to snap its seven-game losing streak.
Jarman had a career night, going 3-for-3 with five RBIs. Both were career highs. He got the Spartans on the board in the second inning with a three-run homer over the right-field wall. The home run was the second of his career, his first coming a few weeks ago against Davidson.
Budzik almost hit for the cycle, only missing a double. In his first plate appearance of the night, he hit his second triple of the season. He followed the triple with a two-run home run to give the Spartans a 6-0 lead in the fourth inning. He finished his night with a two-RBI single in the seventh.
SPARTANS INTERVIEWING SPARTANS
Bradley Bott: "Zack and GC had three hits each. They combined for nine of our RBIs. SO tell me, successful night. What did you do?"
Budzik: "I was looking for a good pitch to hit. Shoutout to the boys in front of me for getting on base and giving me the opportunity."
Jarman: "I was going through my approach that we go through everyday with two strikes, staying through the ball and hitting the inside seam and going backside and it worked out for us."
Bott: "Big statement win after a tough weekend against Mercer. How does this help going into conference play this weekend against Samford?"
Budzik: "It's a big confidence boost to come out here and put up that many runs and pitch well and play good defense. So, we'll carry this through the weekend and see what we can do."
RECORDS
UNCG: 15-22, 0-6 (SoCon)
N.C. A&T: 12-23 (1-11 Big South)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Jarman opened the scoring in the second with a three-run homer over the right-field wall. Dallas Callahan and Pres Cavenaugh scored.
- Kennedy Jones brought Budzik home to cap the four-run second inning.
- The Spartan's three runs in the fourth were scored on home runs. Hogan Windish added a solo home run to Budzik's two-run homer.
- UNCG grew its lead to nine with Jarman's two-run RBI single in the fifth.
- Rowan Watt and Cavenaugh crossed the plate on a single to right-center by Budzik.
- Zack Mallia scored on a double from Jones in the seventh inning.
- Watt capped off the scoring for UNCG with a stand-up double down the left-field line to bring Dosi Jonas across the plate.
BY THE NUMBERS
- The 13 runs are the eighth time this season the Spartans have scored 10+ runs.
- Six pitchers went to the mound for UNCG.
- Every pitcher struck out at least one batter. Sam Murchison, KJ Wells, Jake Wolf, and Alex Hoppe struck out two batters.
- Jared Mathewson and Hoppe were the only ones to not walk a batter.
- Hoppe has struck out 64 batters this season.
- Seven Spartans scored a run tonight. Cavenaugh, Callahan, Jarman, and Budzik scored two.
- UNCG's three home runs in the game match a season high. The other time was at Elon on March 14.
- This is the 27th time the Spartans have 10+ hits in a game.
FINAL WORDS FROM COACH STARBUCK
"Number one, we won a baseball game. That was important for us. Coming off a seven-game losing streak no matter how we played, winning the game is fun. I thought we pitched well. We threw some strikes. Offensively, we were able to put some things together and a lot of guys got hits tonight. Everybody swung the bat tonight."
UPCOMING
UNCG will continue conference play with the Samford Bulldogs this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Friday's game will be Hispanic Heritage night where the first 100 students will receive a free t-shirt. Saturday, the first 50 students will receive free Taco Mama, while the first 200 fans will receive a $5 Taco Mama gift card. On Sunday the first 120 students will receive a free Krispy Kreme doughnut.
