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Wingate University Athletics

Micah Goodwin
0
Wingate WU 15-9
2
Winner Mount Olive UMO 15-5
Wingate WU
15-9
0
Final
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Mount Olive UMO
15-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wingate WU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
Mount Olive UMO 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 2 4 2

W: Mason Medlin (1-0) L: Nash, David (1-3) S: Zack Burke (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Wingate settles for series split at Mount Olive with 2-0 setback Wednesday

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

- Ricky Clark was two-for-three to lead the Wingate offense
- McCann Mellett went one-for-three with a double
- Justin Guy and Zach Little each added a hit and a stolen base
- Hunter Dula also collected a hit for the Bulldogs
- David Nash allowed just one run on four hits in six innings of work
- 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

- Mason Medlin got the win, moving to 1-0
- He struck out one in two-thirds of an inning without allowing a hit
- Zack Burke worked the last three innings to earn the save, striking out five
- 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.
 
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