The High Point University baseball team dropped a 6-3 ballgame to league-leader USC Upstate. Cole Singsank and David Coleman hit back-to-back solo home runs and Jackson Melton led the Panthers with two hits on the night.
 

Final | Sutton scores on a wild pitch in the 9th, but HPU can't keep the rally going.#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/206EIJghma

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) April 2, 2022

 
Site: Harley Park (Spartanburg, S.C.)
Score: High Point 3, USC Upstate 6
Records: High Point (9-17, 4-3), USC Upstate (17-9, 6-1)
 

Sheppard throwing ?? to get out of that one. #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/dnxsY0zSvq

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) April 1, 2022

 
While Adam Stuart managed a first-inning single, the Spartans would be the ones to strike first and plate a run in the bottom of the inning. Upstate continued the effort in the third inning, using three singles to score two runs and take a 3-0 lead at the end of the third inning.
 
Cole Singsank spearheaded a two-out rally in top of the fourth with a solo home run, his fourth on the season. In the next at bat, David Coleman hammered his first career homer to right field to pull HPU back within 3-2.
 

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Singsank's homer puts us back within 3-1!#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/53Cu0NlQ4f

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) April 1, 2022

 

Back-to-back!!@David_coleman13 first career home run and it's a 3-2 ballgame!#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/hRGXIZ2FOC

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) April 1, 2022

Upstate added another run in fourth, and with runners on first and second the Spartans hit an infield single. But Singsank threw out the runner attempting to take an extra base at home plate to end the inning.
 

What a play to end the fifth! Singsank turns and fires to Sutton to save the run and end the inning.#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/Zdlbjfjbbj

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) April 1, 2022

 
In the seventh, Upstate added two more insurance runs on two outs as the Spartans singled, doubled, and singled again to take the 6-2 lead with two innings to play.
 
The Panthers threatened in the eighth as Jackson Melton led off with a double down the left field line and advanced to third on sacrifice hit, but a chopper to third base ended the inning for HPU.
 
After Griffyn Shelton retired three batters in a timely fashion, Blake Sutton led off the top of the ninth with a walk and Sam Zayicek reached on an infield single. Two consecutive wild pitches moved runners two bases apiece, as Sutton scored to get HPU back within 6-3.
 
But after a full count battle, pinch hitter Justin Ebert grounded out to the third baseman to end the game.   
 
Up Next: High Point continues their weekend series with Upstate tomorrow (Saturday, April 2^nd) with a 4:00 p.m. first pitch.