Sunday, April 26
Davidson, N.C.
1:00 pm
Davidson College
5
vs
4 (11)
UNC Greensboro
Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com
With 5-4, 11-Inning Win, Wildcats Sweep UNC Greensboro
4/26/2009 5:14:26 PM | Baseball
Box Score
DAVIDSON, N.C. -- For a third straight day, the Davidson Wildcats used timely hitting and strong pitching to secure a Southern Conference series sweep with a 5-4, 11-Inning win over UNC Greensboro Sunday afternoon at Wilson Field.
Davidson (17-21, 11-10 SoCon) picked up its first Southern Conference series sweep since winning three against Appalachian State in 2005.
Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Graham Chapman (1-for-5, 2 RBI) drove a 2-1 pitch from Spartan reliever Zach Furl over the wall in right field to knot the score.
Mike Frongello starred for a third straight day out of the bullpen, allowing just one hit in the final three innings of regulation, though Greensboro got across a run in the top of the 11th off Ryan Overcash to go ahead.
With Overcash otherwise perfect through the final two innings, the Wildcats found some late-game magic.
Brett Shore (3-for-5) started the 11th with a base-hit into left field. Chapman failed to sacrifice him to second, instead popping up to the catcher, but Shore took second on a wild pitch to get into scoring position. Zach Kayne drew a walk, but Drew Gadaire's (1-for-4) fielder's choice to the third base side eliminated Shore.
With two on and two outs, Danny Weiss (3-for-5, RBI) connected on the first pitch he saw, dropping a single just in front of the center fielder Corey Overholtzer to allow Kayne to score from second and knot the score.
Chase FitzPatrick (1-for-5) was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Pat Brady (1-for-4, RBI), who stood in for an 11-pitch at-bat to draw a walk and send in the winning run.
Overcash (1-2) picked up his first career win for the Wildcats, allowing just one run on one hit in the final two innings.
Blake Hasselbrock (1-1) was tagged with the loss for Greensboro (15-22, 4-15), surrendering two runs on three hits over the final 3 1/3.
For a third straight day, the starting pitchers turned in solid performances but didn't factor into the decision. Ian Horkley scattered six hits for two runs (one earned) in 5 2/3 while striking out four for the Wildcats, and Matt Parish was equal for Greensboro, allowing just a run on six hits and striking out six in 5 1/3.
But it was strong pitching, timely hitting and defense that once again proved the story. Horkley, Matt Sliwiak, Frongello and Overcash allowed just four runs on nine hits, walked one and struck out eight, but Davidson hitters stranded 13.
The Spartans got on the board with a run in the second on a pair of hits and added another in the fifth on a hit and a pair of Wildcat errors.
Davidson got a run back in the sixth on an infield single from James Cerbie (2-for-4, RBI), but what started out as a promising inning ended with a pair of Wildcats stranded.
Sliwiak allowed a leadoff single in the seventh to Eric Temple, bringing on Frongello for a third straight day. Temple stole second and was sacrificed to third before scoring on a fly ball to left field.
In the bottom of the inning, Shore legged out an infield bunt to the first base side to get on for Chapman, who hit his second home run of the season to tie the score at three.
The Wildcats would have chances, but stranded a pair of runners in the eighth, one in the ninth and one in the 10th, before putting something together in the 11th.
Davidson will travel to Wake Forest for a 7 p.m. start Tuesday night before this weekend's three-game set at the College of Charleston. Game times for this weekend are 7 p.m., 4 p.m. and 1 p.m. for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
DAVIDSON, N.C. -- For a third straight day, the Davidson Wildcats used timely hitting and strong pitching to secure a Southern Conference series sweep with a 5-4, 11-Inning win over UNC Greensboro Sunday afternoon at Wilson Field.
Davidson (17-21, 11-10 SoCon) picked up its first Southern Conference series sweep since winning three against Appalachian State in 2005.
Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Graham Chapman (1-for-5, 2 RBI) drove a 2-1 pitch from Spartan reliever Zach Furl over the wall in right field to knot the score.
Mike Frongello starred for a third straight day out of the bullpen, allowing just one hit in the final three innings of regulation, though Greensboro got across a run in the top of the 11th off Ryan Overcash to go ahead.
With Overcash otherwise perfect through the final two innings, the Wildcats found some late-game magic.
Brett Shore (3-for-5) started the 11th with a base-hit into left field. Chapman failed to sacrifice him to second, instead popping up to the catcher, but Shore took second on a wild pitch to get into scoring position. Zach Kayne drew a walk, but Drew Gadaire's (1-for-4) fielder's choice to the third base side eliminated Shore.
With two on and two outs, Danny Weiss (3-for-5, RBI) connected on the first pitch he saw, dropping a single just in front of the center fielder Corey Overholtzer to allow Kayne to score from second and knot the score.
Chase FitzPatrick (1-for-5) was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Pat Brady (1-for-4, RBI), who stood in for an 11-pitch at-bat to draw a walk and send in the winning run.
Overcash (1-2) picked up his first career win for the Wildcats, allowing just one run on one hit in the final two innings.
Blake Hasselbrock (1-1) was tagged with the loss for Greensboro (15-22, 4-15), surrendering two runs on three hits over the final 3 1/3.
For a third straight day, the starting pitchers turned in solid performances but didn't factor into the decision. Ian Horkley scattered six hits for two runs (one earned) in 5 2/3 while striking out four for the Wildcats, and Matt Parish was equal for Greensboro, allowing just a run on six hits and striking out six in 5 1/3.
But it was strong pitching, timely hitting and defense that once again proved the story. Horkley, Matt Sliwiak, Frongello and Overcash allowed just four runs on nine hits, walked one and struck out eight, but Davidson hitters stranded 13.
The Spartans got on the board with a run in the second on a pair of hits and added another in the fifth on a hit and a pair of Wildcat errors.
Davidson got a run back in the sixth on an infield single from James Cerbie (2-for-4, RBI), but what started out as a promising inning ended with a pair of Wildcats stranded.
Sliwiak allowed a leadoff single in the seventh to Eric Temple, bringing on Frongello for a third straight day. Temple stole second and was sacrificed to third before scoring on a fly ball to left field.
In the bottom of the inning, Shore legged out an infield bunt to the first base side to get on for Chapman, who hit his second home run of the season to tie the score at three.
The Wildcats would have chances, but stranded a pair of runners in the eighth, one in the ninth and one in the 10th, before putting something together in the 11th.
Davidson will travel to Wake Forest for a 7 p.m. start Tuesday night before this weekend's three-game set at the College of Charleston. Game times for this weekend are 7 p.m., 4 p.m. and 1 p.m. for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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