February 4, 2006
GAME 1 BOX SCORE
GAME 2 BOX SCORE
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Longwood University dropped a baseball doubleheader at Wofford College Saturday at Russell C. King Field in Spartanburg, South Carolina, falling 7-4 in the opener and 6-0 in the nightcap. The Lancers (0-2) and Terriers (2-0) will conclude the three-game series Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. in South Carolina.
Shane Kirkley homered in the first inning of the opening game to stake the Terriers to a 1-0 lead. Longwood tied the game in the third on a double by Travis Lydon and a Terrier error. Wofford reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the third when Zach Pittman was hit by a pitch and scored on a double by freshman Chuck Eller.
Longwood went up 3-2 in the fourth on an RBI double by Tyler Childress and a sacrifice fly by Nick von Gersdorff.
Wofford broke the game open with two runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth. In the sixth, with Eric Sturkie on second and Ben Austin on first, the Terriers attempted a double steal. The throw from the catcher sailed into left field allowing Sturkie to score. The throw was misplayed in the outfield, allowing Austin to score from first to give Wofford a 4-3 lead. In the sixth, John Brandt double home Stephen Johnson for one run before Adam Wood hit a two-run homer for a 7-4 Terrier advantage.
Austin Redwine took the win for the Terriers in the opener, going five innings and allowing just three hits while walking two and striking out seven. Freshman J.D. Melton earned the save in his first collegiate appearance.
In the night cap, Charles Vartanian, making his first start since his freshman year after spending last year as Wofford’s closer, scattered four hits over six innings and fanned five to lead the Terriers to a 6-0 win.
The Terriers scored twice in the second on a two-run homer by Keith Munns. Wofford added two more runs in the third on an RBI double by Brandon Waring and Johnson’s run-scoring single.
The Terriers concluded the scoring with two runs in the sixth on a two-run single by Austin.
