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6
High Point HPU 26-16
11
Winner UNCW UNCW 28-10
High Point HPU
26-16
6
Final
11
UNCW UNCW
28-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
High Point HPU 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 6 6 2
UNCW UNCW 2 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 X 11 16 2

W: Deal, Gunner (1-0) L: HENNESSEY, Michael (3-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Tom Riordan

Mims, Thorburn Pace Seahawks In 11-6 Win Over High Point


WILMINGTON, North Carolina – Brian Mims and Robbie Thorburn each had three hits to lead a 16-hit evening for UNCW as the Seahawks finished off a home-and-home sweep of High Point on Wednesday with an 11-6 win at Brooks Field.

The Seahawks extended their school-record home winning streak to 14 games while raising their record to 28-10. The Panthers, who dropped their third straight game, fell to 26-16 with the loss and 8-10 on the road.

Mims knocked in four runs on the strength of a two-run home run, his eighth of the season, and a two-run single late in the game. Thorburn, who raised his average to .359, scored three runs and knocked in two. Adding two-hit games for UNCW were Steven Linkous, Nick Feight, Casey Golden, who also scored twice and added two RBI's, and Kennard McDowell, who chipped in two RBI's also.

Reliever Gunner Deal (1-0) picked up his first win of the season.

Drew Fopeano collected two hits for HPU and Austen Zente drove in three runs, including two on his second round tripper of the season.

Starter Michael Hennessey (3-3) took the loss after allowing eight runs over four innings.

Up next: The Seahawks continue their eight-game homestand on Friday with a 6 p.m. start against Hofstra.

Home Runs: High Point – Zente (off Mulier in the ninth with two out, one on); UNCW – Mims (off Hennessey in the first, none out, one on)

How it happened: UNCW broke the game open with three in the fourth and four more in the fifth for a 9-0 lead. A pair of sacrifice flies by Zack Canada and McDowell highlighted the fourth inning and a two-run single by Golden keyed the fifth inning outburst.

Inside the box score: UNCW landed its leadoff hitter on base in 5-of-8 innings … The Seahawks collected nine hits with runners on base while the pitching staff limited HPU to one two-out hit … The big difference was UNCW going 6-for-10 with RISP while High Point was 0-for-10.

Notes: UNCW starter Josh Roberson fought through his 3.2 innings of shutout baseball, he allowed just one hit and struck out five while not allowing a hit with runners on base … Thorburn holds the longest current UNCW hitting streak at four games … Linkous posted his 52nd career multiple-hit game … Mims now has 11 games with multiple RBI's, including two games of four RBI's … With the sweep of High Point, the Seahawks are now 23-11 in the all-time series and 8-1 since the Panthers moved to Division I.
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