Scott homers, drives in four as Spartanburgers beat BlueClaws
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Interstat) — Quincy Scott homered and drove in four runs as the Hub City Spartanburgers defeated the Jersey Shore BlueClaws 11-4 on Wednesday at Fifth Third Park.
Hub City scored three runs in the first inning when Scott lined a home run to left. Jersey Shore answered with two in the fourth on run-scoring singles by Robert Phelps and Scott Mudler. The Spartanburgers broke open the game with seven runs in the fifth, as Maxton Martin, Scott, Arturo De Freitas and Esteban Mejia delivered RBI singles. Hub City added a run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly.
Jersey Shore scored twice in the ninth, including Robert Phelps scoring on Nathan Humphreys’ RBI triple. Phelps had two hits.
Luke Savage earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief, while AJ Russell struck out seven over four innings. Giussepe Velasquez took the loss after allowing three earned runs in four innings. Hub City improved to 58-71, and Jersey Shore fell to 48-81. Attendance was 2,856, and the game lasted 2:47.