CLINTON, SC—The Winthrop Eagles' baseball squad lost Game 3 of the weekend series to allow Presbyterian to complete the sweep with a 9-3 victory at the PC Baseball Complex Sunday afternoon.
With the loss, Winthrop is now 16-16 (4-5) on the season, while Presbyterian improves to 18-13 (5-4).
Winthrop struck first scoring two runs in the top of the 2nd. Roger Gonzalez walked to lead off the inning. Gonzalez was later sent home when Anthony Paulsen singled to right field. Casey Parker then doubled scoring Paulsen for the 2-0 lead.
Tyler Asbill doubled to right center to start the top of the 3rd for the Eagles. Asbill later scored on a Mark Lowrie groundout to second base for the 3-0 Winthrop lead.
The Blue Hose scored their first run of the game in the bottom of the 5th when R. Koski doubled to right field scoring J. Midkiff who had previously singled.
Presbyterian took the lead at 5-4 when they erupted for four runs on six hits and one error in the bottom of the 6th.
Presbyterian continued to pile on runs scoring four more on three hits and two errors in the bottom of the 7th to extend to a 9-3 lead.
Winthrop tallied seven hits throughout the day but had five costly errors and left five on base. Starting pitcher Thad Harris received the loss and is now 2-3 on the season with a 4.59 ERA. Harris pitched 6.0 innings and struck out three batters along the way.
Winthrop will look to bounce back from this losing skid when the Eagles return home for a six-game home stand with two mid-week games and an upcoming Big South Conference Series next weekend. Winthrop will be back on the field this Tuesday, April 12 when they host The Citadel (a game that was earlier postponed in the season due to inclement weather) at the Winthrop Ballpark beginning at 6:00 pm.
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