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Kody OConnor 022623
7
Shepherd SHEP-M 3-4
12
Winner UNC Pembroke UNCP 10-3
Shepherd SHEP-M
3-4
7
Final
12
UNC Pembroke UNCP
10-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Shepherd SHEP-M 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 2
UNC Pembroke UNCP 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 5 X 12 14 2

W: McCawley, Kasen (1-0) L: Brenden Lewis (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Todd Anderson, Associate AD/Strategic Initiatives

No. 13 Baseball Powers Past Shepherd In Series Finale

PEMBROKE – Visiting Shepherd tacked up a trio of runs in the fourth inning to forge a 6-0 advantage, but the 13th-ranked UNC Pembroke baseball team pounded out 11 hits and scored 12 times the rest of the way out to fuel a 12-7 win over the Rams in Sunday's series finale at Sammy Cox Field.
 
The comeback victory snapped a three-game losing streak for the Braves (10-3) who will close out an eight-game home stand on Wednesday against Catawba at Sammy Cox Field. It was just the second loss in the last five outings for Shepherd (3-4) who will open up the home portion of its 2023 schedule on Friday against Lake Erie.
 
Freshman Kasen McCawley (1-0) picked up his first collegiate victory by working scoreless eighth and ninth innings for the Braves.
 
GAME SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE UNC Pembroke 12, Shepherd 7
PITCHERS WP: Kasen McCawley (1-0) LP: Branden Lewis (2-1) Save: None
RECORDS UNC Pembroke 10-3; Shepherd 3-4
KEY INNINGS
TOP 4 Connor Dewees homered on the second offering of the frame, but Shepherd continued to add to its lead with two more run-scoring at-bats in the fourth. Idris Carter grounded in a run three batters later, and the Rams pushed their advantage out to six runs with the ensuing at-bat – a 1-out RBI single off of the bat of Mike Guzzardo.
BOT 4 The Braves chopped their deficit in half with three runs in the home half of the fourth. UNCP registered hits with each of its first three at-bats, including a RBI double from Spencer Faulker, and used a pair of wild pitches by the Rams to score twice more.
BOT 5 Christian Jayne reached via a 1-out single, and Ethan Ott brought the Black & Gold to within a lone run when he hammered a 3-ball offering to straightaway centerfield. Kody O'Connor knotted the score up at six apiece when he crushed a 1-and-1 pitch over the wall in right field.
BOT 8 UNCP broke a 7-7 tie with five more runs in the eighth. Michael Kocen drew a leadoff walk, advanced to second on a sac bunt and eventually scored the go-ahead run thanks to a pair of wild pitches from the visitors. Ethan Ott followed with a RBI double, Kody O'Connor hit a 2-run blast and Will Hood provided the final run of the afternoon on a sac fly to the wall in right field.
UNCP LEADERS SU LEADERS
Kody O'Connor 4-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI
Ethan Ott 3-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Joey Rezek 3-5, 2B, R
Kasen McCawley 2.0 IP, K
 Connor Dewees 3-5, 2B, HR
Cole Daugherty 2-2, 2B, R
Zach Doss 1-4, HR, 2 R
Wyatt Miles 1-5, HR, 2 RBI
 
UP NEXT
UNCP will close out an eight-game home stand on Wednesday when it suits up to do battle with region nemesis Catawba (9-5). First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Sammy Cox Field.
 
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