Xavier Takes the Series over USC Upstate

George Eisenhardt pitches into the 8th to secure the win

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Xavier finished off the stint in Spartanburg with a series victory over USC Upstate, taking game three by a score of 7-4.

USC Upstate struck quickly in the first with two runs on three hits, but Xavier starter George Eisenhardt put the clamps on after that. Xavier took the lead in the third behind one of Jerry Huntzinger's two sacrifice flies, and a two-RBI single by Andrew Walker.

As Eisenhardt dealt, Xavier added a run in the fifth by way of a Matthew DePrey home run. USC Upstate evened the score in the bottom of the seventh, but Xavier immediately answered in the 8th by eclipsing the five-run plateau when…