WINGATE – The UNC Pembroke baseball team tacked up double-digit hits for the fifth-straight game, including a trio of home runs, but top-ranked Wingate used a pair of scores in the bottom of the fifth inning to go out in front for good on the way to an 18-8 win over the Braves on Tuesday evening.
 
The result snapped a six-game win streak for UNCP (19-7) who has now registered 10 or more hits on 15 occasions this season, including six times on the road. It was just the third win for Wingate (24-3) in the last 11 matchups with the Braves dating back to the 2016 season.
 

GAME SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE	Wingate 18, UNC Pembroke 8
PITCHERS	WP: Mitch Farris (3-1) LP: Landen Smith (3-1) Save: None
RECORDS	UNC Pembroke 19-7; Wingate 24-3

KEY INNINGS
TOP 5	UNCP, which dug itself a 5-0 hole in the bottom of the first, rallied for three runs in the fifth to knot the score back up. Blake Hinson drew a 5-pitch walk to load the bases with two outs showing, and Bobby Dixon drew a free pass as well in the next at-bat to force in a run. Ethan Ott's 2-run single up the middle moments later made it an 8-8 contest.
BOT 5	Wingate used an error, a single and a walk to load the bases with its first three at-bats in the bottom of the frame, and took the lead for good on Logan McNeely's 2-run single.

UNCP LEADERS	WU LEADERS
Ethan Ott 3-5, HR, 3 RBI Blake Hinson 2-4, BB, HR, 2 RBI Wellington Guzman 2-5, HR, 2 RBI Owen Taylor 2-4, 2B	Ricky Clark 3-5, 2B, 3B, 5 RBI Michael Dansky 3-6, R Isaiah Williams-Rhem 2-5, HR Andrew McKay 2-3, 2 BB, RBI

 

UP NEXT

The Braves will close out a four-game road trip this weekend when they head to Belmont for a Friday/Saturday series with Belmont Abbey (19-9, 10-4 CC). The squads will open up the weekend with a 5 p.m. tilt on Friday at Abbey Yard.

 

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