BOONE, N.C. — A sharp outing from Will Sprinkle, coupled with a middle-inning rally by Appalachian State's offense, gave the Mountaineers a 3-2 win in their series-opening home game against ULM on Friday.
Based on weather forecasts for the weekend, a Saturday doubleheader has been scheduled with a start time of 10 a.m.
The Sun Belt Conference foes had four hits apiece Friday in an afternoon game that lasted 2 hours, 11 minutes.
Sprinkle tied his career high of seven innings pitched, struck out five batters and allowed just four hits: a bunt single that preceded a second-inning home run that snuck inside the foul pole in right, a check-swing bloop single over an infielder's head and an infield single between the mound and first base.