UNC Wilmington Athletics

VMI VMI 8-20

UNCW UNCW 16-11

VMI VMI

8-20

Final

Apr. 03, 2022

UNCW UNCW

16-11

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
VMI VMI	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3
UNCW UNCW	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	X	6	11	0

W: Taylor, Zane (2-0) L: Tyler Bradt (3-3)

Summary
Box Score

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Game Recap: Baseball | 4/3/2022 4:40:00 PM | Tom Riordan

Taylor Pitches Seahawks To Series Sweep Of VMI

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Taber Mongero's third consecutive three-hit game back seven innings of one-run baseball from freshman Zane Taylor as UNCW finished off a non-conference sweep of visiting VMI on Sunday with a 6-1 win at Brooks Field.

The Seahawks raised their record to 16-11 with the win while the Keydets slid to 8-20.

Mongero, who hit .643 (9-14) for the weekend finished with three hits, scored twice and drove in another. Joining him with a multi-hit game was Brooks Baldwin, who doubled in two runs in the seventh and added a RBI single in the fifth. Baldwin had four doubles and a home run in the series and drove in nine runs.

Taylor (2-0) earned the win with a career-long seven innings of work. After allowing a run on four hits in the second inning, he retired 17 of the next 18 batters he faced and finished with seven strikeouts.

Six different Keydets had a hit but could only muster two after the second inning. Cole Jenkins plated the only run of the game with a single in the second inning.

Tyler Bradt (3-3) took the loss. He held the Seahawks off the score board for the first four innings before UNCW scored three in the fifth.

How it happened: Freshman John Newton's lead off homer in the bottom of the fifth tied the game and ignited the UNCW offense. Kevin Pitarra doubled with one out and UNCW followed with three consecutive hits to build a 3-1 lead. Mongero broke the deadlock with a single that score Dillon Lifrieri from second and Baldwin followed one batter later with a run-scoring single for a 3-1 lead.

Inside the box score: UNCW was 4-for-8 with RISP … Seahawk pitching staff limited the Keydets to one two-out hit (Justin Starke) … VMI failed to get its leadoff hitter on base all game … Matt Suggs' home run in the sixth inning was his seventh of the season and he's now collected an RBI in eight consecutive games, the school record of 10 games was set by Kep Brown in 2019 … Mongero has six three-hit games this season … Katie Cockrell improved to 7-0 as scoreboard operator at Brooks Field … UNCW's all freshman rotation of RJ Sales, Cyle Phelan and Taylor combined for a 2.29 ERA this weekend.

Home Runs: UNCW: John Newton (4, solo to lead off the fifth inning, 400 feet to left, 107 exit velo), Matt Suggs (7, solo to lead off the sixth inning, 442 feet to center, 106 exit velo)

Up next: The Seahawks ad Coastal Carolina the final installment of their home-and-home series on Tuesday in Conway, S.C. First-pitch is set for 6 p.m. and will be streamed on ESPN. The game will also be aired on ESPN Radio in Wilmington.

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Score By Innings
		VMI	UNCW
*TOP 2nd*	Jenkins singled to right field, RBI (0-0); Whitmore advanced to second; Garrett scored.	1	0
*BOT 5th*	Newton, J. homered to left field, RBI (0-0).	1	1
*BOT 5th*	Mongero, Ta. singled to left field, RBI, advanced to second on the throw (1-1); Lifrieri, D. scored.	1	2
*BOT 5th*	Baldwin, B. singled to right field, RBI, advanced to second on the throw (0-0); Mongero, Ta. scored.	1	3
*BOT 6th*	Suggs, M. homered to center field, RBI (3-1).	1	4
*BOT 7th*	Baldwin, B. doubled to right field, 2 RBI (2-2); Mongero, Ta. scored; Lifrieri, D. scored.	1	6