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Jack Gorman
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6
Winner USC Upstate UPST 12-6, 1-0 BSC
5
Presbyterian PC 9-10, 0-1 BSC
Winner
USC Upstate UPST
12-6, 1-0 BSC
6
Final
5
Presbyterian PC
9-10, 0-1 BSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
USC Upstate UPST 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 6 10 1
Presbyterian PC 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 12 3

W: SIVEC, Derek (2-1) L: Flood, Alex (1-3) S: DAVIS, Kevin (3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | PC Athletic Communications

Spartans Slip Past Blue Hose in Big South Opener

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College baseball team opened the 2022 Big South slate on Friday with USC Upstate holding off a late charge from the Blue Hose to pick up the 6-5 victory on Friday afternoon at the PC Baseball Complex. 

FINAL SCORE: USC Upstate 6, Presbyterian 5 
LOCATION: PC Baseball Complex (Clinton, S.C.)   
RECORDS: Presbyterian (8-10, 0-1) | USC Upstate (12-6, 1-0) 
W: Derek Sivec (2-1) | L: Alex Flood (1-3) | Save: Kevin Davis (3)  

HOW IT HAPPENED 
- PC got on the board first in the third with failed pickoff attempt allowing Jack Gorman to scamper home before an Eric Toth sacrifice fly pushed the lead to 2-0.
- The Spartans cut the deficit to one, 2-1 in the fourth with an RBI single.
- The hosts answered in the fourth with an RBI double from Gorman before an RBI triple from Jay Wetherington gave the Blue Hose a 4-1 edge.
- Upstate responded in a big way in the sixth with a four-run frame capped off with a two-run homer down the left-field line to push the Spartans in front a 5-4.
- Dalton Reeves answered in the seventh with an RBI double to even the score at 5. 
- USC Upstate pushed in front in the ninth with an RBI single which led to a tight play at the plate as the Spartans took a 6-5 lead.
- PC threatened in the ninth as the Blue Hose loaded the bases but were unable to push the potential tying or go-ahead run across leading Upstate to a 6-5 series-opening win.

NOTABLES
- Gorman led the Blue Hose offense with three hits including a pair of doubles. He's now up to five multi-hit games.
- Wetherington added two hits including his first triple of the season for his seventh multi-hit game of 2022.
- Reeves added a pair of hits including his team-high sixth double in the 
- Alex Flood finished one off his season-high with four strikeouts as those came consecutively in the eighth and to open the ninth.
- Wetherington has now tallied hits in each of his last 15 games. Toth has reached base safely in 13 straight games.

UP NEXT
- The Blue Hose and Spartans continue their three-game set on Saturday at 3 p.m. from the PC Baseball Complex. 

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