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SPARTANBURG, SC – The Wofford College baseball team defeated Albany 12-5 on Friday night at Russell C. King Field. The Terriers scored seven runs in the fifth inning and pitcher Ben Austin recorded nine strikeouts as Wofford improves to 4-0 on the season. Albany is 1-3 on the season.
The Great Danes took an early lead when David West was driven in by Mike Konstanty in the top of the first. The Terriers responded in the same inning when Mo Seay hit a two-run homer to left center. Wofford added a run in the second when Kyle Behrendt scored on a sacrifice fly by Jake Williams.
After two scoreless innings, the Terriers broke things open in the bottom of the fifth inning. A passed ball allowed Shane Kirkley to score, then Mo Seay scored on a sacrifice fly by Kyle Behrendt. A single by Jake Williams scored two runs. With two runners on base, Sterling Dye hit his first home run of the season to give the Terriers a 10-1 lead.
In the top of the sixth, Zac Halloran doubled to left field, which scored Gary Pitcheralle. After a quick bottom of the sixth for Wofford, Albany got things going in the top of the seventh. Tom Zink was hit by Dawson Smith’s first pitch of the game and two batters later was at third base. Ryan Gugel reached first on a fielder’s choice and scored Zink. Mike Konstanty flied out to center scoring a run as well to make it a 10-4 game.
With Wofford at bat in the seventh, Michael Gilmartin flied out to centerfield, scoring Jake Williams. Sterling Dye scored on a double by Shane Kirkley to give the Terriers a 12-4 lead. In the top of the eighth, Gary Pitcheralle scored from third on a balk for the final run of the day and a 12-5 final.
Wofford starter Ben Austin improved to 2-0 on the season. He went six innings and posted nine strikeouts, which tied a single-game high set last season against Davidson. Dawson Smith, Jordan Mickleberry and Chip Hunt each went an inning for the Terriers.
The Great Danes started Casey Welsh, who is 0-2 on the season and struck out four batters. Also seeing time on the mound for Albany were Matthew Herrick, Dave Kubiak, Hunter Moffatt and Aaron Tilley.
For Wofford, Emre Caglayan had three hits, while Jake Willams and Sterling Dye each had three RBIs. Zac Halloran had hits in all three at-bats for Albany and Mike Konstanty had two RBIs.
The Terriers will continue the four-game series with Albany with a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 1:00 pm. The series will wrap up with a single game on Sunday at 1:00 pm.
