West Palm Beach, Fla.----The Wingate University Bulldogs got 5 1/3 shutout innings from Carson Morton Saturday night, prevailing 5-2 at Palm Beach Atlantic in NCAA Division II baseball action. Wingate moves to 1-1 on the year, while the Sailfish fall to 0-2 overall.

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit PBA 9-5
- The Sailfish had the lone extra-base hit
- Each team left nine on base
- Each team committed three errors
- The Bulldogs had four of the six stolen bases
- WU pitching struck out 11 and walked four; PBA had 10 strikeouts and three walks

KEY BULLDOGS

- Morton struck out eight in his start, allowing just four singles
- Wyatt Hoffman was two-for-four with two RBI
- Jordan Dixon added a hit, RBI and run scored
- Gavin Groppuso contributed a hit and drove in a run
- Cam Harris had two hits and two runs scored
- Owen Crevelt and Landon Meyer each contributed a hit and a run scored
- Charlie Carpenter went 1 1/3 innings in relief without allowing a hit
- Cal Riehl went 2 1/3 innings, striking out two while allowing two unearned runs

THIRD INNING

- Harris and Jake Courville started the inning with singles
- An RBI single from Dixon plated Harris to make it 1-0

FOURTH INNING

- Meyer led off the frame with a single, then stole second
- He scored when Groppuso reached on an error to give WU a two-run lead

SEVENTH INNING

- The Bulldogs scored three times in the seventh to take a 5-0 lead
- Singles from Harris and Crevelt put two on with one out
- Harris scored on an error to put the 'Dogs on top by three
- Hoffman's two-run single made it 5-0

NINTH INNING

- An error, hit batter and walk loaded the bases for PBA
- A two-run double from Trey Miranda made it 5-2
- Riehl got a strikeout to end the game

WRAPUP

- Morton got the win, moving to 1-0 on the year
- He allowed four hits in 5 1/3 shutout frames, striking out eight without a walk
- Dane Hall took the loss, allowing two runs on six hits in six innings, striking out eight

UP NEXT

- Wingate wraps up its Florida trip Sunday at Nova Southeastern at 12 p.m.