ROCK HILL, SC- The Winthrop baseball team looks to continue its dominance at home as it hosts Davidson on Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m at The Winthrop Ballpark.
The Eagles (18-10, 2-4 Big South) are 15-6 in games played in Rock Hill this season this year. Junior
Roger Gonzalez and senior
Brad Kaczka lead all the Winthrop hitters, with a combined batting average of .392 and rank first and third in the Big South in batting average, respectively. The Eagles ranked fourth in the conference in both team batting and team pitching. The Winthrop pitching staff has an overall ERA of 3.74, led by Big South Pitcher of the Week
Matt Crohan who has an ERA of 2.00 in seven starts.
The Wildcats (13-9) have lost four out of their last six games, including dropping two games with Atlantic-10 foe Saint Louis over the weekend. Davidson is 1-1 against Big South opponents this season, edging out Presbyterian 5-4 before falling to High Point 15-2. Juniors Sam Foy and Lee Miller are the only of the Wildcat hitters to average over .300 on the year, combining for 56 of Davidson's 204 hits. The Wildcat pitching staff have allowed 158 runs on 254 hits.
Head coach Dick Cooke is in his 25
th year at Davidson where he has compiled an overall record of 479-348-1.