RedHawks Fall to Bulldogs and Terriers
2/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Miami RedHawks (1-4, 0-0 MAC) fell to UNC-Asheville, 5-3, and Wofford, 7-4, Saturday in a doubleheader that saw Miami score first but unable to hold their lead in each game.
UNC-Asheville 5, Miami 3
Miami scored the game’s first runs in the top of the second inning. Adam Yacek and Chad Sedio started off the inning with back-to-back singles, putting runners on first and third with no outs. A wild pitch scored Yacek and advanced Sedio to second. Jacob Wolf then reached base on an error by the shortstop and Sedio advanced to third. Kendall Johnson then hit a sac fly, scoring Sedio and extending the lead. Later in the inning, Jacob Wolf scored on yet another wild pitch. The RedHawks exited the second inning with a 3-0 lead.
A sac bunt in the top of the fifth by the Bulldogs cut into the Miami lead. Then, after an error in the infield advanced a Bulldog runner to third base, a single brought the runner home. The Bulldogs then tied the game up on a sac fly to right field. Through the middle of the fifth, the score stood at 3-3.
The Bulldogs took their first lead of the day in the top of the eighth when a two-out double with runners on the corners scored two, putting UNC-Asheville up 5-3. The RedHawks loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth but they couldn’t overcome and that was all the scoring the Bulldogs needed to secure a 5-3 win over the Red & White.
Wofford 7, Miami 4
For the third game in a row, Miami got the first run of the game. Matt Honchel began the second inning with a double and after two straight outs, Chad Sedio singled to left center, scoring Honchel. Miami exited the frame with a 1-0 advantage.
Wofford wasted little time evening the game up at one apiece. The Terriers led off the bottom half of the third inning with a hit by pitch. After a fielder’s choice, two singles brought the runner around to score the tying run.
Wofford struck again in the bottom in the fourth. With the bases loaded and one out, the Terriers hit into a fielder’s choice, however a throwing error scored two runs. The very next play was a mirror image of the last as a fielder’s choice and a RedHawk throwing error turned into two more runs. Wofford would add one more run in the inning, leaving the frame with a 6-1 advantage.
The RedHawks cut into the lead in the top of the sixth inning. Steve Sada began the inning with a leadoff walk and Scott Slappey singled. After a Gary Russo strikeout, Honchel singled in Sada, cutting the lead to 6-2.
The Terriers added another run in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single. The RedHawks got one back in the top of the eighth when Max Andresen hit a sac fly that scored Slappey. Wofford took a 7-3 lead into the bottom of the eighth.
The RedHawks got a leadoff double by Sedio in the top of the ninth and he eventually scored on a hit by Sada that resulted in a Terrier throwing error. However, the comeback came up short as Wofford closed out the game and earned a 7-4 victory over the Red & White.
Miami returns to the diamond next Friday at the Fighting Camel Classic in Buies Creek, N.C. The three-game set features matchups against Campbell, Furman and Maryland-East Shore.
