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Winner UNCG UNCG 12-4
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Winthrop WINTHROP 5-13
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UNCG UNCG
12-4
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Final
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Winthrop WINTHROP
5-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UNCG UNCG 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 0
Winthrop WINTHROP 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0

W: Easton Welch (1-0) L: WHITTEN, CODY (0-1) S: Jack Maynard (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Suffers Close 3-2 Defeat Against UNCG Wednesday Afternoon

Winthrop opens conference play this weekend against Presbyterian.

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Winthrop baseball (5-13) suffered a close 3-2 defeat to UNCG (12-4) Wednesday afternoon at The Winthrop Ballpark.

UNCG took an early 2-0 lead in the first on a two-RBI single by Cesar Trejo, but the Eagles would battle back with an RBI single from Mitch Spires in the third and a solo homer by Cale Gibson in the fourth to tie it up at 2-2.

The Spartans plated one from third in the sixth on a fly-out to center, again by Trejo, to go ahead 3-2.

Winthrop would get two runners on in the ninth for their final chance, but would be unable to get them across.

NOTABLES
-With two hits in the game, senior Mitch Spires extended his streak of multiple-hit games to six, a team-high.

-Cale Gibson's solo home run was his 10th RBI of the season.
 
UP NEXT
Winthrop opens Big South Conference play this weekend with a three-game series against Presbyterian College, Mar. 16-18. First pitch Friday is set for 6 p.m., a 3 p.m. start on Saturday, and 2 p.m. first pitch for the series finale on Sunday.
 
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