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Wingate WINGATE 8-10
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Winner Lander LANDER 13-6
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Lander LANDER
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wingate WINGATE 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 1
Lander LANDER 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 X 6 6 0

W: Johnson, Luke (3-1) L: M. Raper (0-1)

Sherrod 3/4 Recap
Nicholas Winegard

Game Recap: Baseball | | Turner Kirby - Director of Athletic Communications

Five-Run Seventh Powers Lander Past Wingate, 6-2

GREENWOOD, S.C. – A five-run seventh inning, capped by a three-run home run from Grant Sherrod (Sumner, Wash.), lifted the Lander baseball team to a 6-2 victory over Wingate on Tuesday evening at Dolny Stadium. The win marked the Bearcats' ninth straight home victory and their third in four meetings against the Bulldogs.

Lander (13-6) relied on a strong outing from last week's NCBWA Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week, Jake Larson (Ponte Vedra, Fla.). The left-hander went six innings, striking out seven while allowing two runs. Luke Johnson took over in relief, throwing three scoreless innings with just one hit allowed and three strikeouts to earn his second win of the season.

The Bearcats threatened early after Evan Wickeri (Middleburg, Fla.) was hit by a pitch and Will McClellan (Anderson, S.C.) drew a walk, but a hard-hit lineout by Sherrod and a groundout ended the scoring opportunity.

Wingate (8-10) struck first in the top of the third with an RBI triple, but Lander responded in the bottom half with a McClellan groundout that plated Taichi Nakao, tying the game at 1-1.

Both teams were held scoreless in the fourth and fifth innings, but the Bulldogs reclaimed the lead in the sixth on an RBI groundout. Larson then worked out of a two-on, one-out jam to keep the deficit at one.

Lander left two runners stranded in the bottom of the sixth but broke through in the seventh with a five-run rally.

Connor Droze (Roebuck, S.C.) led off with a single, extending his hitting streak to five games, and advanced to third on a Zach Cowart (Lexington, S.C.) single and a throwing error. Droze then slid under the catcher's tag to score the tying run.

Wickeri followed with an RBI double to score Cowart, giving Lander its first lead of the night. After another McClellan walk, Sherrod crushed a three-run homer just left of the batter's eye, extending the Bearcats' lead to 6-2.

Johnson then faced just seven batters over the final two innings to close out the win.

Lander hits the road this weekend for a Peach Belt Conference series at Augusta. The three-game set begins Friday at 6 p.m., followed by Saturday's game at 3 p.m. and the series finale on Sunday at 2 p.m.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play WINGATE LANDER
WINGATE TOP 3rd J. Courville tripled to left center, RBI; L. Meyer scored. 1 0
LANDER BOT 3rd W. McClellan grounded out to 3b, RBI; E. Wickeri advanced to second; T. Nakao scored. 1 1
WINGATE TOP 6th S. Sullivan grounded out to ss, RBI; G. Groppuso advanced to third; J. Courville scored. 2 1
LANDER BOT 7th Z. Cowart advanced to third; C. Droze scored on a wild pitch. 2 2
LANDER BOT 7th E. Wickeri doubled to left field, RBI; Z. Cowart scored. 2 3
LANDER BOT 7th G. Sherrod homered to left center, 3 RBI; W. McClellan scored; E. Wickeri scored. 2 6

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