College of Charleston
Wofford
Wofford Beats CofC, 19-6
5/23/2007 4:00:00 AM | Baseball
Brandon Waring homered twice and drove in six runs to lead No. 9 seed Wofford to a 19-6 upset over No. 1 seed College of Charleston in the second round of the Southern Conference baseball tournament Wednesday afternoon at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park.
Waring, a first team All-Southern Conference selection, went 5-for-6 with a pair of homers, six RBIs and five runs. Senior John Brandt added four RBIs and a home run while going 3-for-5 at the plate. Starter Austin Redwine (6-5) scattered 11 hits and a walk over 7 2/3 innings while striking out five. The senior workhorse tossed 129 pitches in his second-longest outing of the season.
Charleston's Nick Chigges (11-1) allowed 12 earned runs on 11 hits over 4 2/3 innings. Cougar left fielder Michael Harrington and first baseman Graham Maiden turned in three hits apiece while Harrington and Chris Campbell each added a home run for College of Charleston. For Campbell it was his 100th hit of the season as he became the first player in SoCon history to record 100 hits twice in a career.
The Terriers (27-31) jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the third inning. College of Charleston (39-18) came within two runs after scoring three in the bottom of the fourth, but could not keep up with the Wofford offense.
College of Charleston will face Appalachian State at 10 a.m. on Thursday.
