Tigerville, SC - North Greenville began its weekend series against the Choctaws of Mississippi College with a 13-7 victory at Ray & Bea Dillard Field. The Crusaders ran into some trouble early as starter Reece Fields took the mound. MC would take an early lead with a run in the first and would add to it with two runs in the third. The Crusaders would get on the board with a solo home run by Pat Monteith in the fourth. NGU would get the runs going in the fifth as a bases-clearing double by Carter Dierdorf put NGU ahead for the first time in the game. The Choctaws would quickly take the lead back with three runs in the sixth, but NGU would put together a repeat performance with five more runs in the sixth that was capped off by a John Michael Faile grand slam. Faile would give NGU two insurance runs in the eighth inning with a two-run single. Mississippi College would plate on run in the ninth, but that would be all as the Crusaders would hang on for the win to open up the weekend. Matthew Taubensee, who pitched 1.2 innings in relief of Reece Fields, was the winning pitcher.

Results

• Score: NGU 13 / MC 7
• Location: Ray & Bea Dillard Field / Tigerville, SC
• Records: NGU 5-0 / MC 1-4

Individual

• John Michael Faile knocked in six runs with three hits including a grand slam.
• Jalen Vasquez put together a solid game, posting four hits including a triple and a double. He also drove in two runs and scored three times.
• Carter Dierdorf recorded two hits including a double, three RBIs, and a walk.

Upcoming

• The weekend series is set to continue tomorrow with a rescheduled start time of 11:00 AM.