Tigers Fall 7-4 in Game Two vs. Charlotte

Saturday, March 29

Memphis, Tenn.

6:05 P.M.

University of Memphis

11-15, 0-5

Charlotte

13-12, 3-2

Charlotte

Memphis

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Mar 29, 2025 | Baseball

Box Score

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis baseball team dropped game two of a three-game American Athletic Conference series to Charlotte, 7-4, on Saturday night at FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field.

The Tigers moved to 11-15 (0-5 AAC) on the season while the 49ers improved to 13-12 (3-2 AAC).

"We're in a rut and we just have to find a way out of it," head coach Matt Riser said. "We have to continue to stay persistent in what we're trying to do and get better at the plate."

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The 49ers got on the board in the top of the first when Noah Furcht took Memphis starting pitcher David Case deep for a solo shot to give Charlotte a 1-0 lead early.
• Memphis responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first on a two-run single by James Smith IV that scored Daniel Perez and Will Vasseur to take the lead.
• Charlotte grabbed the lead right back in the top of the second inning. The 49ers tied the game with a sac-fly before Furcht game Charlotte the lead with a two-out RBI single.
• Dawson Bryce hit a solo home run in the top of the third inning to make it a 4-2 lead for Charlotte. The 49ers added a pair of runs in the fourth inning on RBI singles by Cody Grunderson and Bryce to grow their lead to 6-2.
• The Tigers got a run back in the bottom of the fifth when Perez reached on an errant throw and Cy Turner came around to score.
• Bryce knocked in another run with his third run-scoring hit of the game in the top of the sixth inning to grow Charlotte's lead back to four.
• A pinch-hit solo shot by Cade Tucker gave the Tigers life in the ninth, but it was too little, too late as Charlotte took the game by a score of 7-4 and clinched the series win.

NOTABLES
• Case made his seventh start of the season and went just 2.2 innings – his shortest start of the season. The lefty allowed four runs (three earned) on six hits, striking out five and walking a pair to take the loss and move to 1-4 on the season.
• RHP Charlie Smith threw 3.1 innings of relief and registered a season-high six punch outs. He allowed three earned runs on five hits and walked a pair.
• Sophomore Malik Harris pitched two scoreless, one-hit innings and struck out three 49ers, walking none.
• Lefty Brandon Chorzelewski made his season debut on the mound and threw a scoreless frame. He allowed just one hit.
• Tucker's solo shot pushed him into a share of the team lead with four home runs on the season. Of his four home runs, one came on Opening Day in his first at-bat as a Tiger and two have come via pinch-hit appearances.
• Smith IV drove in his 17^th and 18^th runs of the season to take over the team lead in RBI.
• Designated hitter Justin Fogel went 1-for-4 with a single.
• Right fielder Cy Turner scored a run and stole his team-leading seventh base of the season.

UP NEXT
• The Tigers are back at FedExPark tomorrow afternoon for the series finale against Charlotte with first pitch scheduled for 1:05 p.m. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+.

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