Box Score TIGERVILLE, S.C. – The UNC Pembroke baseball team plated four runs in the third to grab an early advantage, but third-ranked North Greenville scored 11 runs behind an eight-armed pitching carousel to defeat the Braves, 11-7, on Wednesday afternoon at Ashmore Park.
 
The result snapped a two-game win streak for the Braves (17-17) who will open up a nine-game home stand this weekend against Francis Marion. It was the fifth-straight win for the Crusaders (28-7) who will visit Pembroke for a rematch on Tuesday.

 

GAME SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE	#3 North Greenville 11, UNC Pembroke 7
PITCHERS	WP: Lembcke (3-1)  LP: Jordan Toney (0-1)  Save: None
RECORDS	UNC Pembroke 17-17; North Greenville 28-7

SCORING INNINGS
BOT 1	Jeremy Whitehead singled to lead off the game for the Crusaders and eventually stole home with two outs to give North Greenville the early lead.
BOT 2	Jeffrey Chandler singled to lead off the second inning for the hosts and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly from Elvin Rosa. Josh Senter's solo homer with the next at-bat stretched the lead out to 3-0.
TOP 3	River Ryan drew a two-out walk to get things going for the Braves who followed with consecutive singles, including a RBI knock from Luke Jackson, to get on the board. A costly error by the Crusaders yielded another run for the visitors, and Connor Grainger finished things off with a two-run single up the middle.
BOT 3	Utah Jones drew a two out walk, and North Greenville regained the lead moments later on Adam Sasser's two-run shot to right field.
BOT 5	Jared Williams (single) and Utah Jones both reached base with one out showing, and Adam Sasser padded the lead with a two-run triple to the gap in centerfield. Jeffrey Chandler's groundout in the next at-bat plated Sasser with the 8-4 lead for the hosts.
BOT 6	Jack Morris hit a one-out single and eventually moved to third base on a single from Jeremy Whitehead. A safety squeeze bunt brought Morris scampering home from third base and a single from Utah Jones, coupled with a costly throwing error, pushed two more runs across to push the lead out to 11-4.
TOP 7	Trevor Clemons reached on a throwing error to spark a two-out rally for the Black & Gold. The Braves followed that North Greenville miscue with three-straight singles, including a two-run knock from Luke Jackson, to whittle their deficit back to four runs.

UNCP LEADERS	USCA LEADERS
Luke Jackson  2-5, 3 RBI Connor Grainger  2-2, 2 BB, 2 RBI Ethan Baucom  3-5, RBI, 2 R River Ryan  2 BB, R	Sasser  2-4, 3B, HR, 4 RBI Whitehead  3-5, 2 R Jones  2-3, 2 BB, 2 R Williams  2-4, RBI

 

UP NEXT

The Braves will open up a nine-game home stand on Friday when they welcome Francis Marion (20-15, 11-10 PBC) to Pembroke a three-game series at Sammy Cox Field. The squads are scheduled to open up the weekend with a 6 p.m. contest on Friday as part of Alumni Weekend.

 

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