Hartsville, S.C.----Breon Ishmael led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a walk-off solo homer to right Saturday evening, giving the Bulldogs a 5-4 victory over Coker University on day two of the 2024 South Atlantic Conference baseball tournament. Wingate stays alive in tourney play to take on Carson-Newman Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. (
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Live Stats). The Cobras are eliminated from the SAC Tournament.
KEY STATS
- Wingate out-hit Coker 10-6
- The Bulldogs had two of the three extra-base hits with both homers
- The Cobras left 10 on base; the 'Dogs stranded nine
- Coker had all four stolen bases
- The Bulldogs committed two of the three errors
- WU pitching struck out five and walked six; Coker had four strikeouts and four walks
KEY BULLDOGS
- Ishmael and
Sean Barnett each hit solo homers
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Jake Courville was three-for-four with a pair of RBI
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Michael Dansky went two-for-four with two runs scored
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Ricky Clark contributed a hit and scored a run
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Lane Rhodes added a double
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Brent Walls tossed two shutout frames with a strikeout
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Chad Harvey went 2 1/3 scoreless innings with a strikeout
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Charlie Carpenter tossed 1 1/3 no-hit frames with a strikeout
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Jonathan Velazquez earned the win
SECOND INNING
- A Dansky single, Clark walk and Rhodes sacrifice put runners on second and third for Wingate
- Courville's RBI single got the Bulldogs on the board
- Clark scored on an error to put the 'Dogs on top 2-0
FOURTH INNING
- Coker cut the lead in half on a Jacob Yarberry RBI single
FIFTH INNING
- A three-run double from Kody Hana gave the Cobras a 4-2 advantage
- Barnett crushed a solo shot in the bottom of the frame to cut the lead to one
SIXTH INNING
- Dansky led off the frame with a single, then moved to second on Clark's groundout
- He scored the tying run on another Courville RBI single
TENTH INNING
- Ishmael crushed the second pitch of the inning over the fence in right to end it
WRAPUP
- Velazquez got the win, working out of a jam in the top of the 10th, working one-third of an inning
- Tyler Satterley took the loss, allowing a run on two hits in 1 2/3 innings of work
UP NEXT
- Wingate will face Carson-Newman in an elimination game Saturday night at 8:30 p.m.
- The winner advances to take on Newberry Sunday
- The advancing team will need to defeat Newberry twice Sunday to advance to the championship series
