Robert Jeroszko (Greenville, S.C.) pitched a complete-game and Joey Bergman (Jacksonville, Fla.) belted two homers and drove in a career-high six runs leading the College of Charleston to a 10-3 win over Charleston Southern in the opener of a twinight doubleheader before 382 at Patriots Point Stadium on Wednesday. The Cougars completed the sweep with a 5-2 win in the nightcap.
With the sweep, the Cougars improved to 32-16. The Cougars have won seven in a row and nine of their last 10 games overall. Charleston completed its four-game season sweep of the Buccaneers, who fell to 15-31. Charleston begins a three-game Southern Conference series at Wofford on Friday at 7 p.m. CSU plays host to USC Upstate at 6 p.m. on Thursday.
Bergman hit a two-run homer to left center in the first that tied the game at 2-2. Bergman added a three-run homer to left in the second inning to give Charleston a 7-2 lead.
Joash Brodin (Olympia, Wash.) capped Charleston's first inning with a two-run homer to right to give the Cougars a 4-2 lead. For the Bucs, Patrick Dolan hit a two-run homer in the first and Jake Cox added a solo shot to left in the fifth inning.
Bergman and Ryan Daniels (Victoria, Tex.) led Charleston with three hits each.
Jeroszko (3-0) picked up the winn allowing three runs on six hits with six strikeouts over seven innings. Anthony Markham (2-6) allowed seven runs on seven hits over the first three innings.
In the second game, Daniels drove in the game's first run in the fourth inning with a two-out, run-scoring single to left. In the sixth inning, Brandon Sizemore (Jacksonville, Fla.), and Brodin had RBI doubles to give Charleston a 3-0 sixth inning advantage. Rakar added a two-out, two-run double to left center scored Brodin and pinch-runner Thomas Brittle to give the Cougars a 5-0 lead.
Derek Smith's two-run homer to center in the seventh inning cut Charleston's lead to 5-2.
Casey Lucchese (Lexington, Ky.) picked up the win and improved to 1-1. Lucchese surrendered two runs on five hits over the first 6 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out three. Curtis Dowling (Columbia, S.C.) recorded the final two outs for his first save of the season. Jesse Cadenhead (4-4) suffered the loss.
Notes -- CofC eclipses 100 homers/100 stolen base mark
- Charleston has 101 home runs and 103 stolen bases this spring, the first team in school history with at least 100 in each category ... the Cougars become just the third team in SoCon history to accomplish the feat ... Western Carolina (100 HR/102 SB) in 1997 and Georgia Southern (114 HR/108 SB) in 2008 ... Elon has 107 homers and 95 stolen bases this season.
- Bergman extended his hitting streak to 11 games ... he's had at least two hits in nine of the last 10 contests.
- The Cougars finished their home schedule with a 22-5 record at Patriots Point ... their fewest home losses since earning NCAA Division I status in 1991-92 ... Charleston finished 17-3-1 at home in 1991.
