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Baseball Drops Both Contests During Day Two Of Bojangles Baseball Classic

Eagles Will Wrap Up Weekend Play On Sunday Against Stony Brook

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ROCK HILL, SC – The Winthrop baseball team fell in both games to the Stony Brook Seawolves and Michigan Wolverines by one run each on Saturday at The Winthrop Ballpark. The Eagles fell 4-3 to the Seawolves in game one and 9-8 in game two to the Wolverines on day two of the Bojangles Baseball Classic.

Winthrop's record falls to 6-7 on the season with the two defeats. Stony Brook improves to 5-4 overall and Michigan to 3-11.

“The consistency level of the team is not where it needs to be,” said head coach Tom Riginos. “We just didn't get it done. We have to address these consistency issues and get the guys playing better. In college baseball you have to play all 27 outs, and we didn't do that today. We have to get better at that.”

Robert Lake (0-2) took the game one loss throwing 6.0 innings and gave up four runs (three earned) on five hits, four walks and five strikeouts. Tyler Johnson (2-1) threw 5.0 innings and surrendered three runs on six hits, three walks and five strikeouts to earn the win. Brandon McNitt (2) earned the save pitching 4.0 scoreless innings of relief and allowed only one walk.

The Seawolves jumped out to a 2-0 lead over the Eagles in the first inning after Stephen Marino's sacrifice fly to right center field scored Chad Marshall, and William Carmona came home when Travis Jankowski reached on a throwing error by Matt Pierpont at third base.

Winthrop would go ahead 3-2 with three runs in its half of the fourth inning highlighted by RBI singles from Pierpont and Tyler Cook. Chas Crane scored the first run of the inning coming home when TJ Olesczuk stole second base.

Stony Brook plated one run each in the fifth and sixth innings to re-take the lead at 5-4. Maxx Tissenbaum's RBI single to center field tied the game at 4-4 in the fifth, and Joshua Mason drove in the go-ahead run on his RBI single to center field in the sixth inning.

Pierpont's three hits led the Eagles offense in game one, and along with Cook, had one RBI. Mason had a team-high two hits for the Seawolves, and was one of three players with one RBI each.

Tommy Lawrence (0-1) took the game two loss for Winthrop as he gave up two runs on four hits, two walks and three strikeouts in 3.0 innings of work. Ben Ballantine (1-1) came on in relief of starter Alex Lakatos to earn the win for the Wolverines tossing 6.1 scoreless innings on three hits, two walks and six strikeouts.

The Eagles struck first in the bottom of the second inning with three runs to take an early 3-0 lead. Crane and Adam Gliebe each recorded an RBI in the inning, while Matt Lobacz came home on a balk by Lakatos. Lobacz led off the second with a triple into the right center field gap.

Michigan tied the contest at 3-3 with three runs of its own in the top of the third highlighted by a two RBI double to right center field by Coley Crank. John Lorenz also added an RBI single following the double by Crank.

Winthrop responded with a five run bottom-half of the third to go back on top 8-3. Cam Walters got the scoring started on his RBI infield single, and Gliebe followed in the next at-bat with a bases loaded walk. Patrick Gamblin would drive in Reid Langdale on an RBI fielder's choice, and Eddie Rohan capped off the scoring in the third with his two RBI single into left center field.

The Wolverines tied the game at 8-8 in the seventh inning plating five runs against four different Eagle pitchers. Crank, Derek Dennis and Anthony Toth all had one RBI in the inning, while John DiLaura posted a two RBI single to center field.

Michigan then took a 9-8 lead with one run in the ninth inning on Toth's one-out RBI double to right center field scoring Adam Robinson. Robinson entered the game as a pinch-runner for DiLaura, who led off the inning with a walk.

Crane, Rohan and Lobacz had two hits apiece to lead Winthrop offensively, and Gliebe and Rohan each had two RBI. Patrick Biondi had a team-high three hits for the Wolverines, while Crane drove in three runs.

The Eagles will wrap up their Bojangles Baseball Classic play on Sunday, Mar. 13 with a 2 p.m. contest against Stony Brook.

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