RADFORD, Va. – The Radford baseball program saw one of the longest active win streaks in all of NCAA Division I snapped on Tuesday night as the Highlanders fell by an 8-7 margin to visiting North Carolina A&T in a mid-week battle at Sherman Carter Memorial Stadium.

Coming into the evening, Radford was tied for 10th in the nation in longest active win streak. Even with the small setback, the Highlanders will take the 21st longest active conference winning streak into its weekend showdown at UNC Asheville.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Radford – 7, North Carolina A&T – 8
LOCATION: Sherman Carter Memorial Stadium (Radford, Virginia)
RECORDS: Radford 20-20 (8-7 Big South), NCA&T 14-25 (8-7 CAA)
 
THE BREAKDOWN
- Six different Radford student-athletes posted a RBI in the contest.
- Breckin Nace was near impossible to keep off the base paths as he finished with a 2-for-3 outing that included one RBI, one run scored, a double, a steal and two walks.
- Jhonkeanu Perez is starting to heat up again at the perfect time with a 2-for-5 effort. His evening featured one RBI, a team and game-best two runs, a two-bagger and a stolen base.
- James Ward (1-for-5, one RBI), Eli Hudgins (1-for-4, one RBI, one run scored and a base on balls), Kyle Crisp (1-for-4, one RBI, one run) and Noah Toole (1-for-4, one RBI, one run scored) all finished with a run batted in, respectively.
- Tyler Kehoe (2-for-3, one run, one walk) and Tyler Sparrer (1-for-4) each added base knocks for the Highlanders.
- Trey Ludy fired a scoreless frame off the mound that included three punch outs.
- Mason Self also chipped in two scoreless innings in relief.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Radford got right back to striking first with a two-run bottom of the first. A Nace RBI double was later following by a Hudgins blast through the left side to bring around Nace to give the Highlanders an early 2-0 edge.
- North Carolina A&T responded with two runs in both the top of the second and third to jump ahead 4-3.
- The Highlanders answered right back with a five-spot in the bottom of the fourth to retake a 7-4 advantage. Crisp (RBI single), Toole (RBI single, scored on a wild pitch), Perez (RBI single) and Ward (RBI single) all drove in runs for Radford in the inning.
- The Aggies continued to chip away with one run in the sixth and three more in the seventh to retake the lead once again at 8-7.
- The Highlanders just ran into a pitcher having a career day as the squad could not push another run across over the final five innings as North Carolina A&T escaped with the 8-7 win.
 
NEXT UP
There is no rest for Radford as the Highlanders return right back to Sherman Carter Memorial Stadium for another mid-week battle, this time against VMI, on Wednesday, April 23. First pitch is scheduled for 6 PM ET and admission is free of charge. Fans can also follow along with all of the action in real-time here.

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