RIDGELY & BUTLER LEAD HIGHLANDERS TO 10-6 WIN AGAINST LONGWOOD IN SERIES-OPENER

Thursday, April 18

RADFORD

6 p.m.

Radford University

18-19, 0

Longwood

9-28, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
LWU	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	6	10	3
Radford	0	6	2	0	0	1	1	0	X	10	14	1

Photo by: Radford Athletics Communications

RIDGELY & BUTLER LEAD HIGHLANDERS TO 10-6 WIN AGAINST LONGWOOD IN SERIES-OPENER

4/18/2019 11:36:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Radford, Va. – Left-hander Zack Ridgely pitched 7.1 strong innings and senior second baseman Kyle Butler had a season-high four hits as the Radford baseball team defeated the Longwood Lancers, 10-6, in a Big South contest on Thursday evening at Carter Memorial Stadium.

Ridgely allowed three earned runs on seven hits, while walking just one batter. The redshirt senior tied his season-high with six punch outs, tossed 99 pitches and faced 29 batters on the night.

Butler went 4-for-5 and scored a pair of runs to pace Radford's attack. First baseman Spencer Horwitz, Designated hitter J.D. Mundy, catcher Straton Podaras and center fielder Garrett Matheny all produced two hits.

Radford (18-19, 10-6 Big South) scored six times in the bottom of the second inning off Longwood starter Alec Abdalah, who dropped to 0-3 on the season. Third baseman Matt Roth got the party started with his sixth home run of the season, a two-run shot over the left field wall. Shortstop Colby Higgerson followed with a triple and scored on a single by Matheny. First baseman Spencer Horwitz would add an RBI single, right fielder Andrew Szamski lifted an RBI sacrifice fly and Mundy smoked a run-scoring double to complete the frame.

The Highlanders scored twice more in the bottom of the third to move ahead by an 8-0 count. Podaras, who also threw out two attempted base stealers at second base, went the other way for a solo homer over the right field wall. Matheny scored the second run as he scampered home from second after Butler beat out an infield single at first base.

Longwood (9-28, 4-11 Big South) scored two runs off Ridgely in the fifth inning to close within 8-2. Second baseman Nate Blakeny recorded an RBI double and third baseman De'Andre Pitts drove in a run with a hard single off the glove of Roth.

The Lancers added an unearned run in the top of the sixth as designated hitter Hunter Gilliam scored after first baseman Jacob Mitchell reached on an error.

The hosts scored single runs in the sixth and the seventh innings to take a 10-3 lead. Higgerson hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Mundy in the sixth and Butler scored after Mundy reached on an error in the seventh.

The visitors scored three runs on three hits, including a pair of doubles, in the eighth inning.

Reliever Cameron Fritz pitched a perfect ninth to close the door on Longwood.

The Highlanders and Lancers will continue their three-game set on Friday at 6:00 p.m.