ROCK HILL, SC—The Winthrop Eagles' baseball squad will host their final home series of the season when they welcome the Longwood Lancers in a Big South Conference clash this weekend.
MATCH SNAPSHOT
Winthrop (26-21, 10-8 BSC) vs. Longwood (28-21,12-9 BSC)
Game 1: Friday, May 13 | 7 p.m. | Winthrop Ballpark (Rock Hill, SC)
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AT A GLANCE
The Eagles enter the game coming off a 7-1 victory over The Citadel this past Wednesday night.
Mark Lowrie helped lead the squad to victory going 3 for 5 with two RBIs.
Reece Green earned the win on the night pitching three innings while fanning five batters along the way. Winthrop is on a two game win streak and has taken seven of the last ten games.
Winthrop is hitting .283 as a squad.
Anthony Paulsen has been a backbone of the offense all year, batting a team high .354 with 70 hits, 31 RBIs, and 51 runs.
Roger Gonzalez enters the series on a nine game hitting streak. Gonzalez is batting .331 with a team high 41 RBIs. Mark Lowrie and
Mitch Spires are also batting above .300 on the season.
The Eagles' pitching staff has a combined 4.78 ERA on the year. Probable starters for Winthrop are LHP Sam Kmiec (6-4, 3.28 ERA), LHP
Thad Harris (6-3, 3.87 ERA), and Sunday's pitcher is TBA.
ABOUT OPPONENT
Longwood enters the matchup coming off an 11-5 midweek loss at Duke. The Lancers are an even .500 in their last ten outings. They are hitting .259 as a team and the pitching staff has a 4.40 ERA. Probable starters for Longwood are RHP Travis Burnette (6-1, 2.40 ERA), RHP Luke Simpson (0-3, 4.85 ERA), and LHP Steven Farkas (3-2, 3.86 ERA).
SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 5
th meeting between the two teams. Winthrop holds a 3-1 advantage over the Lancers after sweeping them on the road last season.
