SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Gardner-Webb bolted to a 10-0 lead through five innings, and cruised to an 11-3 win over USC UPstate Wednesday night at Cleveland Harley Park.

The Runnin' Bulldogs (14-10) snapped a two-game skid, and got a career-high seven RBI from second baseman Matt Rizzuto, who went 3-for-4 with a double and a two-run home run in the game.

Kurt Fulginiti went 2-for-3 with an RBI and three runs, and seven other Bulldogs collected one hit each as Gardner-Webb rapped out 12 hits in the game.

The 'Dogs needed just one hit, an infield single from Matt Sapp, in the top of the first to go up 4-0 - as Upstate (7-18) walked three and hit two in the frame. Rizzuto drove in two runs with a single in the second for a 6-0 lead, then pushed the lead to 8-0 with his two-run blast in the fourth. The Wilmington, N.C., native roped a two-run double in the fifth to put the 'Dogs up 10-0.

Mike Lewis (2-0) got the win, pitching 6.0 innings and allowing just one run on five hits. He allowed just two singles through the first four frames, and fanned a career-high four batters before exciting.

Upstate plated a run in the sixth, and scored a pair on a two-out home run by Ryan Wilkins in the seventh - but got no closer. GWU scored its final run after a Fulginiti single, a pair of ground balls and a wild pitch in the eighth.

The Spartans finished with eight hits, led by Jimmy Tanner's 2-fo-4 effort at the plate. Upstate used six different pitchers in the game, and three before the start of the third inning.

Gardner-Webb will get back into conference action on Friday, traveling to face No. 19 Coastal Carolina at 6 pm ET in Conway, S.C.