The High Point University baseball team dropped an 8-3 decision to Gardner-Webb on Friday afternoon in their Big South opening series. Carter Sheppard took the loss on the mound with three strikeouts in 4.2 innings pitched. Peyton Carr finished 1-for-3 at the plate with one run scored and three RBI. 
 
Site: Bill Masters Field (Boiling Springs, N.C.)
Score: High Point 3, Gardner-Webb 8
Records: High Point (4-14, 0-1), Gardner-Webb (9-11, 1-0)
W: Joe Simeone (3-2), L: Carter Sheppard (1-2)
 
The Panthers got on the board in the top of the first inning, as Javon Fields and Charlie Klingler both drew walks and advanced on a wild pitch. Peyton Carr's sacrifice fly out to right field scored Fields as HPU took the 1-0 lead heading into the bottom of the first.
 

End 1 | Panthers take an early 1-0 lead with the sac fly from @PeytonCarr11.#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/KIiR0COOiG

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) March 18, 2022

 
The Runnin' Bulldogs got on the board in the bottom of the third, plating two runs on three hits before adding another run in the bottom of the fourth to take the 3-1 lead. Two more Gardner-Webb insurance runs were added in the fifth.
 

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— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) March 18, 2022

HPU would answer back as Klingler reached base with another walk before Carr sent a ball over the fence in opposite field to bring the Panthers back within 5-3.
 

Oppo shot ?? @PeytonCarr11 #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/2f1DVY5hPf

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) March 18, 2022

 
Gardner-Webb took back control in the bottom of the eighth with a solo home run and a bases-loaded, 2-RBI single up the middle.
 
Up Next: HPU continues its series with the Runnin' Bulldogs tomorrow (Saturday, March 19^th) with a 4 p.m. first pitch. The game will not have a live video broadcast but will be available for listening via radio broadcast.