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BBvGboro 210412 Dagenhart
13
Winner Greensboro GCB 9-11, 1-5 USA So.
5
Methodist University MUBB 13-14, 6-5 USA So.
Winner
Greensboro GCB
9-11, 1-5 USA So.
13
Final
5
Methodist University MUBB
13-14, 6-5 USA So.
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Greensboro GCB 0 5 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 13 20 2
Methodist University MUBB 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 7 4

W: Cole Cooper (2-2) L: Cockman, Nathan (0-3) S: Jake Baldini (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Ja'Shawn Steward-Johnson

Greensboro Avoids Sweep

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.  Methodist baseball was unable to finish off a three-game series sweep of Greensboro College as the visiting Pride grabbed a 13-5 victory in a single game of USA South Athletic Conference action Monday evening.

Greensboro's win comes on the heels of the Monarchs' doubleheader sweep of The Pride Sunday. One bright spot for Methodist was Will Dagenhart, who had a career-high four RBIs in this game, plus two hits.

JUST THE FACTS
Final scores: Greensboro def. Methodist, 13-5
Records: Methodist 13-14 (6-5 USA South), Greensboro 9-11 (0-6)
Location: Armstrong-Shelley Field; Fayetteville, N.C.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • To lead off the third inning, Rob Wilkerson cut the deficit to 5-3 with a solo homer to left field. That was Wilkerson's second homerun in as many days. However, Greensboro one-upped Methodist with a Scotty McGuire grand slam in the top of the fourth. The Pride added a fifth run in the inning for a commanding 10-3 lead.
  • Greensboro struck paydirt first with five runs in the top of the second inning. Singles in five consecutive at-bats led to the five runs. Methodist responded with two runs in the bottom of the second. Dagenhart hit a two-RBI single to left field that scored Ryan Hill and Wesley Hall after the duo reached base on hits. 
  • Dagenhart logged additional RBIs in the fourth and sixth innings for a 10-5 score. He singled to score Josh Lallo in the fourth and recorded a sacrifice fly in the sixth, which scored Hill. Hill had led the inning with a double to get on base and Lallo singled before a Zachary Ritter walk advanced him to second base.
  • Hopes for a Methodist comeback was halted by a two-RBI homer by Braxton Rupp in the seventh. Include a run that Greensboro scored earlier in the inning and that is the final score.
  • Dagenhart and Hill led the team with two hits apiece. Ritter had a career-high three walks.
  • Michael Garvey Jr. led Greensboro with game-high totals of four hits and three runs scored. He was one of seven Pride players with multiple hits.
NEXT UP
  • The Monarchs have a midweek, non-conference road game against Randolph-Macon College on Wednesday, April 14 at 3:30 p.m. in Ashland, Va.
  • In the East Division standings of the conference, Methodist sits a game back of William Peace (7-4 USA South) for second place. Since the USA South has reduced its 2021 tournament field to only the top two teams from each division due to ramifications from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Monarchs and Pacers have a pivotal three-game matchup in league play, starting with a single game Saturday, April 17 at 1 p.m. in Cary, N.C., and a doubleheader Sunday, April 18 at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. in Cary, N.C.
  • Greensboro College hosts Roanoke College for an April 14 non-conference game at 6 p.m.
    
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