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Winner Radford RAD 20-24
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UNC Asheville AVL 18-26
Winner
Radford RAD
20-24
5
Final
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UNC Asheville AVL
18-26
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Radford RAD 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 10 1
UNC Asheville AVL 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2

W: Gerber, Austin (4-1) L: ORR, Spencer (2-4) S: Zurak, Kyle (6)

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Radford RAD 20-25
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Winner UNC Asheville AVL 19-26
Radford RAD
20-25
6
Final
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UNC Asheville AVL
19-26
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Radford RAD 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 6 11 2
UNC Asheville AVL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 7 9 2

W: WHITECAVAGE, Eric (4-0) L: Krupp, Mack (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

HORWITZ HITS TWO HOME RUNS; RADFORD STRIKES OUT 15 FOR SERIES WIN



GAME INFORMATION
  • Score: Radford 5, UNC Asheville 2
  • Records: Highlanders (20-24, 8-9) | Bulldogs (18-26, 7-10)
  • Location: Greenwood Field | Asheville, N.C.
 
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Led by a two-home run day from Spencer Horwitz and a season-high 15-strikeout performance from its pitching staff, Radford clinched the series with a 5-2 victory in the lid-lifter of a Sunday morning doubleheader.
 
In the first two-games of the series, Horwitz is 6 for 9 with three home runs, five RBIs and four runs scored. The freshman's two-hit performance is his 15th on the season, which ranks second on the team.
 
Led by a seven-strikeout day from starter Danny Hrbek, Austin Gerber provided two in two innings of relief for the win and Kyle Zurak closed out the game with six punch outs in his sixth save on the season.
 
Horwitz continued his torrid pace at the plate, leading off the second inning with a solo home run to straight away center field for the second day in a row. The freshman launched the 1-2 pitch for his sixth round-tripper of the season.
 
Looking to continue the hot start in the inning, Clayton Baine reached base on a walk and Luke Wise beat out an infield single with two outs. The Highlanders were unable to take advantage as a sliding head first Adam Whitacre was unable to beat the throw from second.
 
Hrbek took the run and struck out the Bulldogs in order in the bottom half of the inning on 14 pitches, finishing the game with two innings of at least two strikeouts.
 
For the second straight inning, a Highlander reached base to start the frame as Kyle Butler singled to right-center field. Hrbek walked on four straight pitches to put two runners on base.
 
Following an infield fly and fly out, Radford was unable to move the runners. Standing at the plate with a 1-1 count, Anthony Miano received an RBI opportunity as Butler and Hrbek moved up on a double steal. Miano pushed the lead to 3-0, lining a single into center field as the duo scored easily.
 
Retiring the first eight batters he faced, Hrbek allowed a two-out walk and hit by pitch in the third inning. The senior worked out of the jam with a fly out to center field.
 
UNC Asheville did not waste its opportunity to score in the fourth with two outs in the frame. Kyle Carruthers broke Hrbek's second bid at another 10 a.m. no-hitter with a single up the middle, moving to second on a failed pickoff attempt. Carruthers scored on a double to left field off the bat of Justin Woods, the fly ball moved away from Miano due to the swirling Asheville wind.
 
Inching within 3-1, the Bulldogs received its second run on a Brandon Lankford single to left field for the third straight hit in the inning. Hrbek forced a ground out to end the frame as UNC Asheville plated two runs on four hits and one error.
 
After watching the lead shrink to 3-2, Horwitz's second home run of the game came on a 2-0 pitch to right field for the frosh's second multi-home run performance on the season and second in conference play.
 
Austin Gerber relieved Hrbek in the fifth, allowing only two base runners over two innings of work, striking out two batters.
 
Wise added an insurance run in the sixth with a two-out solo home run to right-center for his second homer of the series and third in the last four games.
 
Taking the three-run lead, Zurak struck out six batters for the three-inning save and his sixth save on the season as the Highlanders took a 5-2 series clinching win.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Win: Austin Gerber (4-1) (2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K)
  • Loss: Spencer Orr (2-4) (7.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 11 K)
  • Save: Kyle Zurak (6) (3.0, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K)
  • Danny Hrbek missed matching his career high in strikeouts of eight, set in his no-hitter on March 4.
  • The double-digit strikeout performance is the ninth on the season and third in a row.
  • Radford has 41 strikeouts in the last three games.
  • Spencer Horwitz's first two-home run performance came against Charleston Southern on April 21. Six of the freshman's seven home runs have come in Big South play.
  • Adam Whitacre, Kyle Butler and Luke Wise joined Horwitz with two hits each.
  • Whitacre has two two-hit games in the series, giving him 10 on the season.
  • Wise now has three hits in the series with four RBIs and two home runs.
  • Anthony Miano joined Horwitz with two RBIs in the win. Miano now has five multi-RBI performances on the season.
  • Radford's offense has exploded for 12 home runs in the last five games.
  • The Highlanders have 19 steals in the last six games.

ON DECK
  • Radford and UNC Asheville will play the series finale starting at 1:30 p.m.
  • Radford: Ryan Sande (0-3, 4.76) vs. UNC Asheville: Greg Gasparro (3-3, 5.03)
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