Mount Olive, N.C.----After Tuesday's 10-9 victory at fourth-ranked Mount Olive, the Trojans responded by blanking Wingate University Wednesday afternoon, prevailing 2-0 in NCAA Division II baseball action. Mount Olive improves to 15-5 overall, while the Bulldogs fall to 15-9 on the season.
KEY STATS
- Wingate out-hit Mount Olive 6-4 on the day
- The Bulldogs committed three errors while the Trojans had two errors
- WU left 10 on base; UMO stranded nine on the day
- Wingate had the lone extra-base hit in the game
- Each team stole two bases
- UMO pitchers struck out 14 and walked two; WU had 10 strikeouts and three walks
KEY BULLDOGS
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Ricky Clark was two-for-three to lead the Wingate offense
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McCann Mellett went one-for-three with a double
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Justin Guy and
Zach Little each added a hit and a stolen base
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Hunter Dula also collected a hit for the Bulldogs
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David Nash allowed just one run on four hits in six innings of work
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Brody McCullough went two innings without allowing a hit, striking out four
FIRST INNING
- Back-to-back walks put two on with one out for Wingate, but back-to-back strikeouts ended the threat
THIRD INNING
- Mellett was stranded after a two-out double when a strikeout ended the inning
FIFTH INNING
- Guy and Little started the inning with singles, then stole second and third with one out
- Two more strikeouts kept the game scoreless
SIXTH INNING
- Mount Olive got on the board in the bottom of the sixth
- A walk and single put runners on first and third with no outs, while a hit batsman loaded the bases
- A sacrifice fly from
Nate Estes gave the Trojans a 1-0 lead
SEVENTH INNING
- A walk and error put runners on second and third for Mount Olive
- After a pair of strikeouts, another Wingate error allowed a run to score, making it 2-0
WRAPUP
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Mason Medlin got the win, moving to 1-0
- He struck out one in two-thirds of an inning without allowing a hit
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Zack Burke worked the last three innings to earn the save, striking out five
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Nick DeCarlo went 5 1/3 innings in his start, striking out eight while allowing five hits
- Nash took the tough loss to fall to 1-3
- He allowed a run on four hits in six innings, striking out six and walking one
- McCullough struck out four and walked just one in two innings of hitless relief
UP NEXT
- Wingate opens a three-game home SAC series Friday night, hosting Coker at 6 p.m.
- The series concludes with Saturday's doubleheader at 1 p.m.