Wingate, N.C.----Wingate University freshman left-hander Adam Tulloch struck out a career-high 12 in seven shutout innings of work Monday night, leading the Bulldogs to a 4-0 victory over Queens University on the final night of the regular season in South Atlantic Conference baseball action. Wingate improves to 30-16 overall and 14-10 in the SAC, while the Royals fall to 14-30 overall and 5-19 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit Queens 6-5
- Each team had one extra-base hit; the 'Dogs had the lone homer
- The Bulldogs left nine on base; Queens stranded eight
- WU pitching piled up 17 strikeouts while walking two; QU had 12 strikeouts and six walks
- Queens threw five wild pitches on the night and committed three errors

KEY BULLDOGS

- Tulloch allowed just four hits in his seven shutout innings of work
- Jed Bryant was two-for-three with a homer and three RBI to lead the offense
- Zach Little added an RBI and a run scored
- Carson Simpson contributed two hits and a run scored
- Tommy McCollum struck out two in a perfect inning of relief
- Nick Stegman struck out three in a scoreless ninth inning

FIRST INNING

- Justin Guy reached on an error to start the game, then stole third
- He scored on Bryant's RBI single to give Wingate a 1-0 lead

SEVENTH INNING

- Simpson started things with a one-out single, then moved to second on an error
- He scored on Little's RBI single to give the 'Dogs a two-run lead
- Bryant followed with his league-best 18th homer of the year, a two-run shot to make it 4-0
- Bryant has 18 homers and 50 RBI in his sophomore season

WRAPUP

- Tulloch struck out 12 and walked just two while allowing four hits to earn the win
- The freshman moves to 5-2 on the year, lowering his ERA to 2.72
- He had multiple strikeouts in four of his seven innings, striking out the side in the sixth
- McCollum struck out two of the three he faced while all three Stegman outs came via strikeout
- Tanner Jacobson took the loss, falling to 2-2
- He allowed four runs on four hits in 6 2/3 innings, striking out 12 and walking four

UP NEXT

- Wingate is the number five seed in this week's SAC Tournament
- The 'Dogs will host Coker at 4:30 p.m. in a single-elimination game
- The winner of that game advances to the double-elimination part of the tournament starting Friday
- The five-day tournament will take place at Kodak, Tenn.