It’s five straight road wins for UNCW baseball

HIGH POINT, NC (UNCW) — Nick Feight and Casey Golden both homered and Justin Crump tossed five shutout innings as UNCW shutdown High Point, 5-1, on Wednesday at Willard Stadium.

The Seahawks pushed their record to 20-9 with their fifth straight road win while the Panthers fell to 22-11 on the season. UNCW finished its road swing with a 5-3 record.

Gavin Stupienski collected three hits while Steven Linkous, Golden and Daniel Stack added two hits apiece.

Crump (2-1) earned the win, allowing just one hit and walking two over a career-long five innings. He also tied his career high with four strikeouts.

Cooper Jeffers (2-2) took the loss for HPU after being roughed up for five runs on six hits and a walk in four innings of work.

Chris Clare had both of High Point’s hits on the night, including a RBI double in the ninth that ruined UNCW’s shutout bid.

Up next: The Seahawks open a seven-game homestand on Friday with a 6 p.m. start against East Tennessee.

Home Runs: UNCW -Feight (off Jeffers in the third inning, one out, one on), Golden (off Jeffers in the third inning, one out, none on)

How it happened: UNCW held a 1-0 lead entering the third inning when it exploded for four runs off Jeffers. Linkous led off with a single and would come around to score two batters later on a single by Stupienski. Feight and Golden would follow with back-to-back homers to cap the scoring.

Notes: The Seahawks and Panthers met for the first time since 2003 and UNCW holds a 22-10 lead in the series … Linkous extended his hitting streak to 11 games … He also posted his 16th multiple hit game of the season … High Point committed five errors on the night and became UNCW’s seventh opponent to commit at least four errors in a game … UNCW pitchers also limited an opponent to one run for the third time in their last four games … The Seahawks have now outscored opponents, 47-23, in the third inning this season.