North Charleston, S.C.– Elon suffered a pair of losses in North Charleston, S.C. Sunday. The Phoenix fell in sport two, after play resumed Saturday afternoon earlier than dropping the ultimate sport of the collection Sunday evening.
Jackson Alford put collectively a top quality two video games on Sunday. Alford completed the day 3-for-6 on the plate with two runs scored and two RBIs.
Sam Nomura and Mike Staiano had been sturdy out of the bullpen. Nomura fired a scoreless three innings in sport three whereas Staiano struck out an Elon private greatest 4 batters in sport two.
Elon falls to 4-3 on the season whereas Charleston Southern improves to 7-0.
HOW IT HAPPENED – Game Two
The Phoenix fell behind early after a bases clearing double introduced residence three runs for the Buccaneers within the second inning.
Elon answered again following the sport’s postponement. After runners reached second and third with one out, Jackson Alford introduced residence one on a sacrifice fly to make it a 3-1 sport.
Charleston Southern countered with two runs within the backside of the fifth to make it a 5-1 sport.
Gavin Bogdanchik introduced residence a run within the following half inning after reaching on an error.
The Phoenix almost accomplished the comeback with two runs within the high of the eighth. Charlie Evans singled residence the primary together with his first profession RBI earlier than Jake Hajdu introduced within the different on a sacrifice fly. A one run deficit was the closest Elon would come and dropped sport two, 5-4.
HOW IT HAPPENED – Game Three
Elon got here out swinging within the third sport of the collection. The Phoenix opened up sport three with 5 unasnwered runs.
Brian DuRoff introduced the primary run of the sport residence on a sacrifice fly. In the second inning, Elon pounced with 4 runs, all with two outs. Nate Sterling received the ball rolling with an RBI single, which was adopted by Alford doing the identical.
DuRoff drove in his second and third runs of the sport on an RBI double one batter later to present the Phoenix a 5-0 lead.
Charleston Southern countered once more with 4 runs in the underside of the third.
Elon responded with a run of their very own after Simon Hoffman scored on a handed ball to make it a 6-4 sport.
The Buccaneers answered with seven runs within the fourth to present themselves a lead they might maintain for the remainder of the sport.
Both groups introduced a run residence within the fifth inning earlier than 4 innings of zeros for each pitching staffs. Charleston Southern took sport three, 12-7.
QUICK HITS
Elon falls to 4-3 on the season.
The Phoenix has now dropped six straight video games to Charleston Southern.
Jackson Alford continued his sturdy begin to the season in opposition to the Buccaneers. Alford prolonged his hitting streak to 4 video games and drove in a run in all three video games of the collection.
Brian DuRoff drove in a season excessive three runs in sport three of the collection. DuRoff is second on the Phoenix in RBI with seven.
Mike Staiano struck out 4 batters in sport two. Staiano has a number of strikeouts in all three of his appearances up to now this season.
Sam Nomura delivered three innings of scoreless reduction in sport three. In 4 appearances up to now this season, Nomura has not allowed a run, and batters are hitting .172 in opposition to him.
Jared Hall picked up his first multi-hit sport with the Phoenix. With three hits within the two video games on Sunday, Hall prolonged his hitting streak to seven video games.
Jake Hajdu reached double-digit, season RBIs in sport three. Hajdu didn’t attain the ten RBI mark in 2025 till April 26th in opposition to North Carolina A&T.
UP NEXT
Elon will return to Latham Park on Tuesday for a sport in opposition to Longwood. First pitch between the Phoenix and Lancers is at 4 PM.
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