Big South Baseball Summary - April 27
Radford and Charleston Southern picked up a key series wins on Sunday, while USC Upstate and Winthrop completed three-game sweeps.
RADFORD 9, UNC ASHEVILLE 6 | BOX SCORE
The Radford baseball program took another important step in making its first Big South Tournament since 2019 with a crucial 9-6 win over conference foe UNC Asheville in the series-finale at Greenwood Baseball Field on Sunday. To go with being the Highlanders third straight conference series victory in a row, the win also improved Radford to 10-8 in Big South play. The Highlanders now find themselves three games up on the Bulldogs for the final spot in the six-team, conference championship with just six Big South games left on the schedule.
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 6, PRESBYTERIAN 4 (11 innings) | BOX SCORE
Charleston Southern continued their dominant run through Big South play on Sunday at Presbyterian as they defeated the Blue Hose by a final score of 6-4, needing extra innings to do so. The victory moves the Buccaneers to 10-8 in league play, winners of 10 of their past 12 Big South matchups and have claimed each of their past four conference weekend series.
USC UPSTATE 12, GARDNER-WEBB 3 | BOX SCORE
Extending its winning streak over the Runnin' Bulldogs to a commanding 12 games, USC Upstate baseball finished off its third sweep inside Big South Conference play behind a sixth-inning outburst at the plate and stout pitching performances in a 12-3 win Sunday over Gardner-Webb at Bill Masters Field at John Henry Moss Stadium.
WINTHROP 15, LONGWOOD 2 | BOX SCORE
Winthrop won the series finale at Longwood Sunday afternoon, securing a sweep for the second straight weekend.