HIGH POINT, N.C. – Hogan Windish had three doubles and extended his hitting streak to seven games as the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team rolled to a 17-6 victory over High Point in a non-conference contest at Willard Stadium Wednesday evening.
This was the second straight game in which UNCG scored 17 runs.
Windish entered the contest with a .421 batting average, which is 21st nationally. He raised his average to .438 following his 12th career game with at least three hits.
Mitchell Smith added three hits to fuel UNCG's 14-hit attack.
Kennedy Jones and
Dallas Callahan also enjoyed multi-hit games for the Spartans, which avenged an earlier loss to High Point on March 22 in Greensboro.
Windish's first two doubles produced RBI's in the first and third innings. Smith followed Windish with RBI singles in the same innings, helping UNCG build an early eight-run advantage.
UNCG finished the game with an impressive eight-run ninth inning highlighted by
Pres Cavenaugh's three-run homer. That transformed a slim 9-5 advantage into a comfortable lead for the Spartans.
Records
UNCG 14-15 overall
High Point 10-19 overall
How It Happened
- UNCG scored seven runs in the third and fourth innings combined to grab early control.
- Seven of UNCG's 14 hits went for extra bases.
- Smith and Cavenaugh had three RBIs each to lead the Spartans.
- Zack Budzik's RBI single in the third inning expanded UNCG's lead to 5-1.
- Greg Hardison's 199th career hit was a two-run single that gave UNCG a 7-1 advantage in the fourth inning.
- UNCG sent 14 batters to the plate during its ninth-inning rally that included a Callahan two-run single.
- Dosi Jonas had a bases loaded walk in the ninth after a 12-pitch at-bat.
- Matt Kemp also had a bases loaded walk in the ninth.
- Budzik, Windish, Callahan, and Hardison had two RBIs each.
- Hardison, who reached base in five plate appearances, scored three runs.
- Hardison walked three times and was hit by a pitch.
- The top five hitter in UNCG's batting order went a combined 10-for-21.
- KJ Wells, Alex Hoppe, Kross Robinson, and Jake Wolf combined to allow one run and two hits over the final three innings.
- High Point scored four runs in the fourth inning.
- Peyton Carr led High Point with two hits.
Inside The Numbers
- UNCG has won three consecutive games.
- UNCG improved to 13-8 when it has double-digit hits.
- This was the 12th multi-hit game for Windish this season.
- This is the third time in Windish's career that he's had a game with multiple doubles.
- He had two doubles each in games against The Citadel (April 24, 2021) and Mercer (March 22, 2019).
- UNCG has scored 34 runs in its last two games.
- The Spartans have 12 doubles in their last two contests.
- Budzik has reached base in 26 of UNCG's 29 games.
- Budzik stole his 45th career base and moved into sole possession of ninth all-time in program history.
- This is the first time this season UNCG has scored double digits in consecutive games.
- The last time UNCG scored double digit runs in consecutive games was during a 12-3 win against High Point (April 27, 2021) and a 17-8 win over Western Carolina (April 30, 2021).
- The Spartans like playing at High Point as they have scored 27 runs in their last two trips to this stadium.
Up Next
- UNCG opens Southern Conference competition this weekend against Wofford on the road. The first game of the three-game series is Friday at 6 p.m.
