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No. 5 South Carolina Downs Baseball, 12-4
3/13/2013 11:05:00 PM | Baseball
Box Score
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COLUMBIA, S.C. – Freshman Sam Foy went 3-for-5 at the plate while Andrew Barna and# Michael Zeblo# drove in the runs for Davidson in a 12-4 loss to No. 5 South Carolina in non-conference baseball action Wednesday night in Carolina Stadium.
Foy and third baseman David Daniels led the game off with base hits for Davidson (6-8), but they were the lone hits for the Wildcats until the eighth inning. South Carolina (15-2) scored 11 runs before the 'Cats got on the scoreboard in the eighth and ninth innings, in which Barna (1-for-4) and Zeblo (1-for-4) drove in two runs each.
First baseman LB Dantzler drove in half of the Gamecocks runs on a pair of homers and a sacrifice fly in a 3-for-3 day at the plate. Starting RHP Joel Seddon yielded just the first two hits and two walks, while striking out six in four innings of work. RHP Curt Britt (1-0) earned the win after two near-perfect innings, as the first batter he faced reached on error.
Dantzler hit a two-run home run in the first inning with two outs, and then the Gamecocks added two more in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Graham Saiko (1-for-2, BB) and a base hit to centerfield by Max Schrock (2-for-3, BB) for an early 4-0 lead. Dantzler and Grayson Greiner both hit sac flies in the fifth inning for a 6-0 lead, and then Dantzler slugged a three-run home run in the sixth inning, following an RBI-single by Joey Pankake (1-for-2, BB), for an 11-0 advantage.
Davidson got on the scoreboard in the eighth inning when Zeblo hit an RBI-single to drive in Barna. George Iskenderian scored from third on a wild pitch in the bottom half of the frame for USC's final run, and then Barna drove in two with a double to right center and Zeblo hit into an RBI-groundout with the bases loaded in a three-run ninth inning for Davidson.
Of Davidson's six pitchers used in the game, four were freshmen. Rookie RHP Rob Caudill (0-1) took the loss after yielding four runs in two innings. Sophomore RHP Nick Neitzel did the best, allowing just one hit and striking out three in two innings of work.
Davidson will return to Wilson Field for games Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. versus Southern Conference foe Furman. The final game of the series will be played Sunday 2 p.m. at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. as part of the College Baseball Series presented by BB&T.
Fluor Field is home of the Greenville Drive, a Single-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, and will also be the site of the 2013 SoCon Baseball Championship. Davidson is one of 21 collegiate teams to play at Fluor Field as part of its 2013 College Baseball Series.
Tickets range from $7 to $10, and can be purchased by visiting the Fluor Field Box Office, calling (864) 240-4528, or purchased online at GreenvilleDrive.com.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. – Freshman Sam Foy went 3-for-5 at the plate while Andrew Barna and# Michael Zeblo# drove in the runs for Davidson in a 12-4 loss to No. 5 South Carolina in non-conference baseball action Wednesday night in Carolina Stadium.
Foy and third baseman David Daniels led the game off with base hits for Davidson (6-8), but they were the lone hits for the Wildcats until the eighth inning. South Carolina (15-2) scored 11 runs before the 'Cats got on the scoreboard in the eighth and ninth innings, in which Barna (1-for-4) and Zeblo (1-for-4) drove in two runs each.
First baseman LB Dantzler drove in half of the Gamecocks runs on a pair of homers and a sacrifice fly in a 3-for-3 day at the plate. Starting RHP Joel Seddon yielded just the first two hits and two walks, while striking out six in four innings of work. RHP Curt Britt (1-0) earned the win after two near-perfect innings, as the first batter he faced reached on error.
Dantzler hit a two-run home run in the first inning with two outs, and then the Gamecocks added two more in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Graham Saiko (1-for-2, BB) and a base hit to centerfield by Max Schrock (2-for-3, BB) for an early 4-0 lead. Dantzler and Grayson Greiner both hit sac flies in the fifth inning for a 6-0 lead, and then Dantzler slugged a three-run home run in the sixth inning, following an RBI-single by Joey Pankake (1-for-2, BB), for an 11-0 advantage.
Davidson got on the scoreboard in the eighth inning when Zeblo hit an RBI-single to drive in Barna. George Iskenderian scored from third on a wild pitch in the bottom half of the frame for USC's final run, and then Barna drove in two with a double to right center and Zeblo hit into an RBI-groundout with the bases loaded in a three-run ninth inning for Davidson.
Of Davidson's six pitchers used in the game, four were freshmen. Rookie RHP Rob Caudill (0-1) took the loss after yielding four runs in two innings. Sophomore RHP Nick Neitzel did the best, allowing just one hit and striking out three in two innings of work.
Davidson will return to Wilson Field for games Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. versus Southern Conference foe Furman. The final game of the series will be played Sunday 2 p.m. at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. as part of the College Baseball Series presented by BB&T.
Fluor Field is home of the Greenville Drive, a Single-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, and will also be the site of the 2013 SoCon Baseball Championship. Davidson is one of 21 collegiate teams to play at Fluor Field as part of its 2013 College Baseball Series.
Tickets range from $7 to $10, and can be purchased by visiting the Fluor Field Box Office, calling (864) 240-4528, or purchased online at GreenvilleDrive.com.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Britt (1-0)
L: Caudill, Rob (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Barna, Andrew 1
RBI: Barna, Andrew 2 ; Zeblo, Michael 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Foy, Sam 1 ; Tovsky, Aaron 1 ; Ruzinsky, Aaron 1 ; Barna, Andrew 1
HBP: Becker, Nathan 1 ; Gerow, Daniel 1
Batting:
2B: Carson 1
HR: Dantzler 2
RBI: Saiko 1 ; Schrock 1 ; Pankake 1 ; Dantzler 6 ; Greiner 1
SF: Saiko 1 ; Dantzler 1 ; Greiner 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Saiko 1 ; Schrock 2 ; Iskenderian 1 ; Pankake 2 ; Dantzler 2 ; Martin 2 ; Vergason 1 ; Costen 1
SB: Costen 1
CS: Dantzler 1
HBP: Pankake 1
PO: Vergason 1
Game Leaders
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