GREENSBORO, NC—The Winthrop Eagles' baseball team downed the NC A&T Aggies 15-4 at War Memorial Stadium Wednesday night in their second highest scoring game of the season.

The Eagles were propelled by another stellar offensive performance with a season high 18 hits on the night.  Mark Lowrie was 3 for 4 with 4 RBIs extending his hitting streak to 11 straight games and he has now reached base in 16 straight contests.  Mitch Spires went 3 for 5 and lengthened his hitting streak to 12 straight games.  Roger Gonzalez was 3 for 3 connecting with a three run homer.

With the win, Winthrop is now to 10-7 on the year while NC A&T falls to 4-14.

Winthrop seized the early lead when Gonzalez hit a three run homer in the top of the 1^st.

The Eagles stretched the gap to 5-0 in the 3^rd when Babe Thomas doubled to right center scoring Gonzalez, followed by a Lowrie single to score Thomas.

The Aggies put one on the board off of a Kyle Clary single to center field in the bottom of the 4^th.

Winthrop added three more runs in the 5^th.  Thomas hit his second RBI of the afternoon when he hit a sacrifice fly scoring Spires.  Lowrie doubled scoring Anthony Paulsen.  This was followed by a Jace Whitley single advancing Lowrie for the score.

The Eagles exploded for five runs in the 6^th all coming on two outs.  They had three hits and took advantage of a wild pitch, passed ball, and hit batter.

NC A&T added one more run in the 7^th and then the Eagles added two more in the 8^th for a 15-4 final.

Winthrop starting pitcher Riley Arnone went three innings only allowing two hits and tallied five strikeouts.  He received the win and is now 2-0 on the season.

Winthrop will continue their road stretch when they travel to face Stetson University in a three game weekend series.  Game 1 is scheduled for Friday, Mar. 18 beginning 6:30 p.m. at Melching Field in DeLand, Florida.

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