Baseball

High Point Bats Lead to Win over CSU

Box Score

Charleston, S.C. - High Point (16-14, 8-3) used six home runs from four different batters to top Charleston Southern (11-22, 3-8) 9-2 on Saturday afternoon.

Back-to-back home runs in the top of the first set the pace for High Point. They struck again in the sixth with a solo home run and scored five runs, four on homers, in the seventh inning. A home run in the eighth inning added to their lead.

CSU kept up with High Point early in the game. Kyle Vesnesky hit a triple to lead off the bottom of the third inning and later scored on a groundout. Ryan Stoudemire hit a solo home run in the sixth that evened the score at 2-2. The Bucs couldn't respond to the later hitting from the Panthers with just two CSU hits in the final three innings.

Grey Lyttle (2-0) got the win for High Point, pitching four and two thirds scoreless innings with four hits, two walks and six strikeouts.

Eddie Hiott (3-2) took the loss for CSU, working one third of an inning and allowing one run on one hit.

News & Notes

  • Ryan Stoudemire hit his first home run as a Buccaneer. 
  • High Point scored all but two of their runs with two outs.
  • CSU pitchers only surrendered one walk today.
  • Jason Miller was hit by a pitch and now leads the team with 4 HBP.

Up Next

CSU will wrap up their weekend series with High Point on Sunday. Sunday's game will start at 2 p.m. at the CSU Ballpark

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Players Mentioned

Eddie Hiott

#33 Eddie Hiott

LHP
6' 1"
Junior
Jason Miller

#5 Jason Miller

INF
6' 0"
Junior
Ryan Stoudemire

#19 Ryan Stoudemire

RHP/1B
6' 3"
Sophomore
Kyle Vesnesky

#1 Kyle Vesnesky

INF
5' 11"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Eddie Hiott

#33 Eddie Hiott

6' 1"
Junior
LHP
Jason Miller

#5 Jason Miller

6' 0"
Junior
INF
Ryan Stoudemire

#19 Ryan Stoudemire

6' 3"
Sophomore
RHP/1B
Kyle Vesnesky

#1 Kyle Vesnesky

5' 11"
Senior
INF