BUIES CREEK, N.C.- The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball dropped a heartbreaking, 11-7, game against the Campbell Camels to split the season series on Wednesday night.
 
Campbell took the early 2-1 lead after one inning. Kennedy Jones scored the Spartan's first run after Greg Hardison grounded into a double play.
 
UNCG would be next to score after Ethan McKay hit a double off the left-field wall to bring GC Jarman across the plate. The Spartans would add two more in the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly from Mitchell Smith and a groundout from Pres Cavenaugh.
 
UNCG loaded the bases in the sixth inning and cleared them on a triple from Jones to add three more runs.
 
Campbell worked its way back to tie the game and then took the lead after scoring nine runs in two innings.
 
Sam Murchison earned the start for the Spartans. He pitched 6.1 innings and struck out five while only walking one.
 
Price King, KJ Wells, Austin Parsley, and Hunter Shuey also made an appearance on the mound.
 
RECORDS
UNCG: 17-24, 2-7 (SoCon)
Campbell: 26-14, 13-2 (Big South)
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Jones and Dallas Callahan led with three hits.
• Jones added three RBIs and two runs to his final line.
• Ethan McKay had two hits for his eighth multi-hit game of the season.
• Callahan stretched his on-base streak to 20.
• Windish was hit by a pitch tonight which makes him tied for third in the record books with 35 times in his career.
• Six different Spartans crossed the plate.

 
UPCOMING
UNCG will head to Charleston, S.C. for a three-game series against The Citadel this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
 
 

A triple down the right-field line from Jones clears the bases and gives the Spartans the 7-2 lead??#LosMuchachos pic.twitter.com/FuSwsN59dh

— UNCG Baseball (@UNCGBaseball) April 27, 2022