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USC Upstate Upends Baseball, 13-2

SPARTANBURG, S.C.- USC Upstate pounded out 16 hits and played flawless defense to hand Campbell a 13-2 loss in A-Sun baseball action, Friday evening at Cleveland S. Harley Park. Campbell snapped its three-game A-Sun winning streak and fell to 6-8 and 4-3 in the A-Sun, while the Spartans improved to 6-10 with a 4-3 league mark as well.

Kyle Bowley, a senior from Apopka, Fla., picked up his third win of the season striking out seven and allowing just one run over eight strong innings. Campbell's Justin Lilly matched Bowley's strikeout mark fanning seven, but took the loss after giving up ten runs in 5.2 innings of work. Bowley moves to 3-1 on the season, while Lilly drops to 1-1.

The Spartans saw five different hitters pick up multi-hit games headed by corner outfielders Keith Bisgounis and Blake Green. Bisgounis paced the USC Upstate notching three hits with two RBI and two runs scored, while Green grabbed three of his own knocking in a team high three runs.

Freshman outfielder Graham Fronk anchored the Camels' offense matching his season high in hits with three. The last time Fronk slapped three hits in a game was against Dayton on Feb. 23. In addition, Bryan Braswell and Ryan Hamme each collected extra-base hits for Campbell.

USC Upstate jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first partially due to a strong wind blowing to right field. Campbell's Fronk was unable to glove the ball off of the bat of Andrew Runion after racing all the way from center field. The two out triple set the stage for an RBI single by Phillip Morgan which flew past a diving Ellis Lowe at second base.

Fundamental baseball allowed the Spartans to tack on another run in the second after Bisgounis doubled and was moved to third on a sacrifice bunt off the bat of Blake Green. USC Upstate shortstop collected his fifth RBI of the season by hitting a chopper to the shortstop to give the Spartans a 2-0 lead after two innings.

USC Upstate capped off its third consecutive inning of scoring with five runs in the third, capitalizing on a pair of Campbell errors. With runners on first and second with one out, an error by Campbell shortstop Zach Johnson allowed Runion to score from second. After Jimmy Tanner drew a walk, back-to-back singles by Bisgounis and Blake Green and an overthrown pickoff attempt at third base by the Camels' Stephen Parsons allowed the Spartans to extend their advantage to 7-0.

The Spartans put the game out of reach posting three run innings in the sixth and eighth. Highlighting the scoring output was the 6-through-9 holes who all had RBI hits in the innings. Tanner and Bisgounis knocked in runs in the sixth, while Green and Eric Guillen drove in runs in the eighth.

Campbell scored single runs in the seventh and ninth, but the late surge wasn't enough. Hamme, a junior from Wilmington, extended his hitting streak to seven games with a leadoff triple in the seventh and scored a run in that inning after being driven in by Mike Causey. Braswell stroked his first double of the season in the ninth driving in Hamme who walked earlier in the inning.

Campbell will continue its series with USC Upstate with a doubleheader tomorrow (Mar. 15). The first pitch is slated for 11 a.m.

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Players Mentioned

Bryan Braswell

#11 Bryan Braswell

C/RHP
6' 1"
Sophomore
Graham Fronk

#7 Graham Fronk

OF
6' 0"
Freshman
Ellis Lowe

#8 Ellis Lowe

INF
6' 1"
Freshman
Stephen Parsons

#9 Stephen Parsons

C
5' 11"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Bryan Braswell

#11 Bryan Braswell

6' 1"
Sophomore
C/RHP
Graham Fronk

#7 Graham Fronk

6' 0"
Freshman
OF
Ellis Lowe

#8 Ellis Lowe

6' 1"
Freshman
INF
Stephen Parsons

#9 Stephen Parsons

5' 11"
Junior
C