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Bryce Frederick
Courtney Levy
5
Towson TOWSON 2-10
6
Winner UNC Greensboro UNCG 6-5
Towson TOWSON
2-10
5
Final
6
UNC Greensboro UNCG
6-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Towson TOWSON 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 11 0
UNC Greensboro UNCG 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 6 11 0

W: Alex Hoppe (2-0) L: Bolt, Nolan (0-1) S: Kross Robinson (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Three Tigers Earn Three-Hit Days, Towson Baseball Narrowly Falls at UNCG

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Towson University baseball team tied a season-high in hits and led after seven-and-a-half innings but fell in the Sunday getaway game 6-5 at UNCG.
 
Elijah Dickerson's two-run go-ahead triple in the top of the eighth gave Towson (2-10) a 5-4 lead headed into the bottom of the eighth.  UNCG (6-5) got back the lead with back-to-back RBI singles.  Towson go its leadoff hitter to second in the top of the ninth, but could not score him.
 
Key Stats:
  • Three Tigers had a three-hit day as Towson earned 11 hits, tied for the most in a game this season.
  • Elijah Dickerson came a double shy of the cycle, hitting 3-for-5 with a solo home run and two-run triple.  Jordan Peyton hit 3-for-4 with a stolen base while Bryce Frederick hit a double in a 3-for-5 afternoon.
  • On the mound, starter Nick Janowicz had a no decision, going four innings with four runs and six strikeouts.  Jake Pecilunas had a two-inning scoreless relief outing with two Ks, but the loss went to Nolan Bolt (0-1), who had two runs allowed in 1.2 innings.
  • For UNCG, Hogan Windish had a first inning three-run home run, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored. 
How It Happened:
  • Towson got things going quickly with an Elijah Dickerson solo home run in the top of the first for a 1-0 Tigers lead.
  • UNCG got power of its own in the bottom half of the frame, a three-run dinger by Hogan Windish, to go up 3-1.
  • Towson's small ball play in the second got it a run.  Two free passes and a Jordan Peyton bunt single loaded the bases up.  Chandler Castleberry hit a sacrifice fly to send a runner home and make it 3-2 UNCG.
  • Nick Janowicz held down the Spartans in the second through fourth innings, but UNCG got a run back in the fifth.  In the top of the sixth on Castleberry's ball four, Jake Lysaght scored on a wild pitch to get Towson back within a run.
  • Towson retook the lead in the top of the eighth.  With two outs, Castleberry singled then James Moses got hit by a pitch.  Dickerson blasted a triple to deep center to drive home two and make the score 5-4 Towson.
  • UNCG got back the lead with four consecutive singles, going ahead 6-5.  Bryce Frederick led off the ninth with a single and advanced on a sacrifice bunt but was stranded.  UNCG took the win 6-5.
Inside the Numbers: Next Game:
Towson's home opener is set for Tuesday, March 8 at 2 p.m. against UMBC.
 
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