Box Score WISE, Va. – The 13^th-ranked UNC Pembroke baseball team got at least one base hit from nine different players, including a six multi-hit performances, and scored two or more runs in four different frames on the way to posting an 18-8 rout and finishing off a weekend sweep of UVA Wise on Saturday afternoon at Stallard Field.
 
The Braves (6-0) amassed 17 home runs and 14 doubles across the two-day series, and outscored the Cavaliers (0-7) by a 68-13 count in their home stadium as well. The setback kept UVA Wise (0-7) winless on the still-young 2023 campaign.
 

GAME SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE	UNC Pembroke 18, UVA Wise 8
PITCHERS	WP: Tyler Strickland (1-0) LP: Hunter Anderson (0-1) Save: None
RECORDS	UNC Pembroke 6-0; UVA Wise 0-7

KEY INNINGS
BOT 1	The Cavaliers negated an early 5-0 deficit with five scores of their own in the bottom of the frame. UVA Wise loaded the bases with their first three at-bats, got on the board with a 2-run single from Cole Harness, and then knotted the game back up on a 3-run homer off the bat of Justin Reed.
TOP 2	Christian Jayne doubled to lead off the top of the second inning, and then stole third base for the second time in the series to move 90 feet away from handing the lead back to the visitors. Michael Kocen's sac fly completed the scoring opportunity.
TOP 5	UNCP used an ill-timed error and a double from Carlos Amezquita to put a pair of runners into scoring position with its first two at-bats of the fifth inning, and then pushed across a pair of insurance runs on Christian Jayne's 2-run single. Joey Rezek's 3-run blast two batters later gave the Black & Gold a 14-7 advantage.

UNCP LEADERS	UVAW LEADERS
Christian Jayne 4-7, 2 2B, 4 RBI Michael Kocen 2-2, 2 BB, 3 R Will Hood 2-6, HR, 3 RBI Luke Barrow 3.0 IP, 8 K	Hunter Meador 3-4, RBI Cole Harness 3-6, 2 RBI Morgan Miller 1-5, 2B, RBI Carter Babb 1-4, 2 BB, R

 

UP NEXT

The Braves will return home to open Conference Carolinas play next weekend when they take on Belmont Abbey (8-0, 0-0 CC) in a three-game series at Sammy Cox Field. The squads will open up the set on Friday at 3 p.m., and close out the weekend with a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday.

 

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