ROCK HILL, S.C. - Winthrop baseball (8-13, 3-0 Big South) hosts Davidson (14-5) Wednesday evening at The Winthrop Ballpark in a nonconference contest. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.
    

Winthrop (8-13, 3-0) vs. Davidson (14-5)
Date	Weds., Mar. 21
First Pitch	6 p.m.
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PROJECTED STARTERS
Davidson vs. Winthrop: LHP Jaret LaCagnina (0-0, 2.35 ERA) vs. LHP Cody Whitten (0-1, 6.00 ERA)

A LOOK AT THE WILDCATS
Davidson won the Atlantic 10 last season and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament, going on to win the Chapel Hill Regional. Davidson is 14th in the nation in home runs,
logging 26 on the season so far 10 different Wildcats have hit a long ball this season, with eight hitting more than one.

TEAM SNAPSHOT
Winthrop is hitting .260 (181-for-696) as a team with a .339 on base percentage. The Eagles have recorded 20 errors as a squad, retaining a .974 fielding percentage overall.
 
PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS
-Junior outfielder Matthew Mulkey leads the Eagles in RBI (19), total bases (43) and slugging percentage (.581). His five home runs on the season are also a team-high (tied for second in the Big South) and he is second on the squad in hits (21).

-After going 5-for-10 against PC over the weekend, Cale Gibson raised his batting average to a team-high .328 and moved into the Big South top 10 at No. 9. Gibson hit two home runs in the series.
 
-Senior shortstop Mitch Spires currently owns a seven-game hitting streak, the longest among the Eagles, and has also recorded seven multiple-hit games, the most on the squad. Spires leads Winthrop in hits (26, tied for third in the Big South), nine of which are doubles, also a team- and conference-high.

-Freshman Cody Whitten will be making his second-career start on the mound for the Eagles. His first appearance was brief, a 1.0 inning outing on the road at Clemson, giving up 2 hits and 4 runs. In his most recent and longest outing, Whitten pitched 4.0 innings in relief against UNCG, allowing 1 run on 4 hits.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Eagles took a three-game series sweep in their Big South Conference opener against Presbyterian this past weekend, averaging 12 runs per game.
 
PRESEASON FAVORITES
Winthrop has been predicted to win the Big South Conference by the league's coaches and D1Baseball.com. 

TICKETS
Season tickets are available for Winthrop baseball for $70 each. Saturday mini plans are available for just $25. Single game tickets are also available in advance online. Click here for tickets