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Baseball Tom Riordan

Home Runs Power UNCW's Win Over Delaware

Box Score WILMINGTON, N.C. – Home runs from John Newton and Tanner Thach backed the strong effort from starter Jacob Shafer as UNCW knocked off visiting Delaware, 7-3, to win the Colonial Athletic Association series opener on Friday at Brooks Field.

The Seahawks, who lead the conference standings, improved to 22-14 on the season overall and 11-4 in the league. With the road loss, the Blue Hens dropped to 20-18 and 9-7 in the CAA.

Shafer (6-2) picked up the win by going 6.1 innings and allowing three runs on five hits. He walked three struck out four and recorded eight groundball outs.

Ethan Chenault and Brett Banks combined to retire the final eight batters in a row to close out the game.
Thach, Newton and Jac Croom combined for nine of UNCW's 11 hits on the evening. For Thach, it was his second four-hit game of the season. He belted his 11th home run of the season in the sixth inning and finished with two runs batted in. Newton also homered and knocked in four. His seventh home run of the season supplied all the runs in a 3-run fifth and broke open a 1-0 game. Croom raised his batting average to .386 with three hits. It was his fourth three-hit game of the season and his 17th multi-hit outing.

Bryce Greenly (2-3) took the loss for the Blue Hens, lasting four-plus innings and allowing four runs on seven hits.

Andrew Amato had two hits to lead the Blue Hens and Tyler Leach hit his fifth home run of the season. His round tripper came in the top of the seventh and cut UNCW's lead to 6-3.

The series continues Saturday with a 1 p.m. start. The game was moved up due to anticipated inclement weather.

How it happened: UNCW got on the board in the first inning on a one-out single by Newton that plated Brock Wills, who led off the inning with a single. Newton's homer in the fifth pushed the lead to 4-0.

Home Runs: Delaware: Leach (5, off Shafer in the seventh to LF, 366 feet, 107 exit velocity); UNCW: Newton (7, off Greenly in the fifth to LF, 433 feet, 113 exit velocity), Thach (11, off Welch in the sixth to LC, 375 feet, 104 exit velocity)

Notes: Newton's home run was the longest of the season for the Seahawks and the exit velocity was tied for the fast this season … At 433 feet, it was the fifth-longest home run at Brooks Field during the Trackman era … Thach is now at .300 on the season while Newton moved to .336 … UNCW is hitting .321 and has posted a 3.50 ERA in conference play … Over his last 10.2 innings, Banks has allowed one run, seven hits, walked two and struck out nine.
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Players Mentioned

Brett Banks

#43 Brett Banks

RHP
6' 3"
Redshirt Junior
R/R
Ethan Chenault

#23 Ethan Chenault

RHP
6' 5"
Junior
R/R
Jac Croom

#6 Jac Croom

IF
6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
L/R
John Newton

#19 John Newton

OF
6' 0"
Sophomore
R/R
Jacob Shafer

#45 Jacob Shafer

RHP
6' 7"
Junior
R/R
Tanner Thach

#29 Tanner Thach

IF
6' 4"
Freshman
L/L
Brock Wills

#16 Brock Wills

IF
6' 0"
Freshman
L/R

Players Mentioned

Brett Banks

#43 Brett Banks

6' 3"
Redshirt Junior
R/R
RHP
Ethan Chenault

#23 Ethan Chenault

6' 5"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Jac Croom

#6 Jac Croom

6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
L/R
IF
John Newton

#19 John Newton

6' 0"
Sophomore
R/R
OF
Jacob Shafer

#45 Jacob Shafer

6' 7"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Tanner Thach

#29 Tanner Thach

6' 4"
Freshman
L/L
IF
Brock Wills

#16 Brock Wills

6' 0"
Freshman
L/R
IF