Saturday, April 1
Boiling Springs, NC
3:00 PM
Gardner-Webb University
17-9, 5-2
16
vs
0
Radford
7-20, 0-5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Gardner-Webb | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | X | 16 | 18 | 0 |
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Gardner-Webb Uses Big Inning To Power 16-0 Win Over Radford Saturday Afternoon
April 01, 2023 | Baseball
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Gardner-Webb used a six-run burst in the fifth inning to power past Radford 16-0 Saturday afternoon in the second game of their Big South series.
The Runnin' Bulldogs (17-9, 6-2 Big South) scored twice in the first inning and never looked back.
The offensive production worked well with southpaw Tyler Switalski in a groove on the mound. The sophomore tossed 7.0 shutout innings for his sixth win of the season.
Jacob Marcos led off the bottom of the first with a single and Mark Black bounced a double down the left field line to put a pair in scoring position. Jacob McCaskey came through with a clutch hit, driving a two-run single up the middle for the early lead.
Black and McCaskey struck again in the third for Gardner-Webb, with Black lacing a hard double into left field with one out. McCaskey came through again with a two-out hit, belting an RBI double into right center for a 3-0 lead.
Gardner-Webb used some two-out magic again in the fifth to put the game on ice.
Black started the rally with a single up the middle, then Alec Burns reached on a fielder's choice – and the ball was booted to allow Black to slide safely into second.
McCaskey had his third big hit with two outs, homering to right field for a 6-0 lead. Nate Anderson followed with a single to right, stole second and scored on Peter Capobianco's two-run home run – a majestic blast – to left field.
Bo Rusher III followed with a solo home run to right for a 9-0 lead.
Anderson led off the bottom of the seventh with a sharp single into right, stole second and scampered to third when the throw down sailed into center field. Rusher then delivered a bloop single into shallow center that stretched the lead to double digits.
Gardner-Webb tacked on six runs in the bottom of the eighth for its final total.
Anderson walked with the bases loaded to push the lead to 11-0 and Max Smyley delivered a sacrifice fly to right that plated Humberto Torres for a 12-0 margin. Nick Capozzi came through with an infield single to push the lead to 13-0 and Trevor Mattson belted a three-run home run with two outs for the last runs of the day for GWU.
Switalski (6-1) was sharp early and continued to barrel through the Radford order, allowing just two hits – all singles – in his 7.0 shutout frames. He fanned 10, walked three and rolled four ground ball outs.
Grant Vera came on to work a scoreless eighth out of the pen and Luke Goodyear pitched a scoreless ninth to complete the shutout.
McCaskey had a day, going 4-for-6 with six RBI – all with two outs – to pace an 18-hit attack for the Runnin' Bulldogs. Black (3-for-4, 3 runs), Mattson (3-for-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI), Anderson (2-for-4, 3 runs) and Rusher (2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI) also had multiple hits for Gardner-Webb.
Dylan Howard (1-3) took the loss, allowing nine runs (three earned) on 12 hits over 5.0 innings pitched. Four different batters collected one hit each for the Highlanders (7-20, 0-5 Big South).
Gardner-Webb and Radford will wrap up the series on Sunday at 1:00 pm (ESPN+).
The Runnin' Bulldogs (17-9, 6-2 Big South) scored twice in the first inning and never looked back.
The offensive production worked well with southpaw Tyler Switalski in a groove on the mound. The sophomore tossed 7.0 shutout innings for his sixth win of the season.
Jacob Marcos led off the bottom of the first with a single and Mark Black bounced a double down the left field line to put a pair in scoring position. Jacob McCaskey came through with a clutch hit, driving a two-run single up the middle for the early lead.
Black and McCaskey struck again in the third for Gardner-Webb, with Black lacing a hard double into left field with one out. McCaskey came through again with a two-out hit, belting an RBI double into right center for a 3-0 lead.
Gardner-Webb used some two-out magic again in the fifth to put the game on ice.
Black started the rally with a single up the middle, then Alec Burns reached on a fielder's choice – and the ball was booted to allow Black to slide safely into second.
McCaskey had his third big hit with two outs, homering to right field for a 6-0 lead. Nate Anderson followed with a single to right, stole second and scored on Peter Capobianco's two-run home run – a majestic blast – to left field.
Bo Rusher III followed with a solo home run to right for a 9-0 lead.
Anderson led off the bottom of the seventh with a sharp single into right, stole second and scampered to third when the throw down sailed into center field. Rusher then delivered a bloop single into shallow center that stretched the lead to double digits.
Gardner-Webb tacked on six runs in the bottom of the eighth for its final total.
Anderson walked with the bases loaded to push the lead to 11-0 and Max Smyley delivered a sacrifice fly to right that plated Humberto Torres for a 12-0 margin. Nick Capozzi came through with an infield single to push the lead to 13-0 and Trevor Mattson belted a three-run home run with two outs for the last runs of the day for GWU.
Switalski (6-1) was sharp early and continued to barrel through the Radford order, allowing just two hits – all singles – in his 7.0 shutout frames. He fanned 10, walked three and rolled four ground ball outs.
Grant Vera came on to work a scoreless eighth out of the pen and Luke Goodyear pitched a scoreless ninth to complete the shutout.
McCaskey had a day, going 4-for-6 with six RBI – all with two outs – to pace an 18-hit attack for the Runnin' Bulldogs. Black (3-for-4, 3 runs), Mattson (3-for-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI), Anderson (2-for-4, 3 runs) and Rusher (2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI) also had multiple hits for Gardner-Webb.
Dylan Howard (1-3) took the loss, allowing nine runs (three earned) on 12 hits over 5.0 innings pitched. Four different batters collected one hit each for the Highlanders (7-20, 0-5 Big South).
Gardner-Webb and Radford will wrap up the series on Sunday at 1:00 pm (ESPN+).
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Pitching:
W: Switalski, Tyler (6-1)
L: HOWARD, Dylan (1-3)
Base Running:
CS: WHITACRE, Zack 1
Batting:
2B: Black, Mark 2 ; McCaskey, Jacob 1 ; Mattson, Trevor 1
3B: Mattson, Trevor 1
HR: McCaskey, Jacob 1 ; Capobianco, Peter 1 ; Rusher III, Bo 1 ; Mattson, Trevor 1
RBI: McCaskey, Jacob 6 ; Anderson, Nate 1 ; Capobianco, Peter 2 ; Smyley, Max 1 ; Rusher III, Bo 2 ; Capozzi, Nick 1 ; Mattson, Trevor 3
SF: Smyley, Max 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Marcos, Jacob 1 ; Robison, Curtis 1 ; Black, Mark 3 ; Torres, Humberto 1 ; Burns, Alec 1 ; McCaskey, Jacob 1 ; Kennell, Ryan 1 ; Anderson, Nate 3 ; Capobianco, Peter 1 ; Rusher III, Bo 1 ; Capozzi, Nick 1 ; Mattson, Trevor 1
SB: Robison, Curtis 2 ; Anderson, Nate 2
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
1
H
4
RBI
6
AB
4
R
3
H
3
RBI
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AB
5
R
1
H
3
RBI
3
AB
4
R
3
H
2
RBI
1
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