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Zach Peek: FEB 23 Maryland Eastern Shore vs Winthrop
Jeff Sochko
3
Longwood LWU 6-13
4
Winner Winthrop WINTHROP 10-13
Longwood LWU
6-13
3
Final
4
Winthrop WINTHROP
10-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Longwood LWU 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 1
Winthrop WINTHROP 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 4 9 2

W: Pawelczyk, Nate (3-2) L: FARKAS, Steven (1-4) S: ARNONE, RILEY (4)

0
Longwood LWU 6-14
8
Winner Winthrop WINTHROP 11-13
Longwood LWU
6-14
0
Final
8
Winthrop WINTHROP
11-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Longwood LWU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Winthrop WINTHROP 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 X 8 15 0

W: Peek, Zach (3-2) L: CATLIN, Michael (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Eagles Take Both Games Of Doubleheader With Longwood To Clinch Series

Peek Hurls Complete Game Shutout In Game Two, First Of His Career

Watch Highlights

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Winthrop baseball (11-13, 5-0 Big South Conference) took both games of a Friday doubleheader to clinch the series against Longwood (6-14, 1-4 Big South) at The Winthrop Ballpark. Both games were defensive gems for the Eagles, including a complete game shutout by sophomore RHP Zach Peek in game two, the first of his Winthrop career.  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1
-Longwood jumped on top with a two-run first inning. Brandon Fite would answer for the Eagles in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI single to score Matthew Mulkey to make it 2-1.

-The squads would each go scoreless until Jake Sullivan hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to put the Eagles on top 3-2.

Game 2
-The game was a defensive battle for much of the evening, until Grant English's first triple of the season plated two to give the Eagles a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the seventh that would go unthreatened.

-Drake Smith knocked a single RBI to spark the offense in the bottom of the eighth and English would follow suit with his team-high fourth RBI of the game, a single to center.
 
NOTABLES
-Eagle hitting leaders Cale Gibson and Matthew Mulkey suffered a collision in left center field and would later each exit the game and not return to the lineup for Game 2.

-Freshman Drake Smith saw his first career start with Mulkey and Gibson out of the lineup for Game 2 and delivered a 3-for-4 performance with one RBI and one run scored.

-Senior LHP Riley Arnone earned his fourth save of the season as he held off the Lancers in Game 1 and preserved the Eagles' 4-3 victory, recording two strikeouts and allowing no hits or runs in 1.1 innings.

-In Game 2, sophomore RHP Zach Peek pitched a complete game shutout allowing only three hits and notching eight strikeouts.

-Senior shortstop Mitch Spires was 4-for-5 at the plate in Game 2 (his first four-hit game of the season) and 2-for-4 in Game 1, bringing his team-high total of multiple-hit games to nine.

-Grant English matched a season-high for hits going 3-for-4 in Game 2 with a season-high and game-high four RBI.

UP NEXT
Winthrop and Longwood will complete the series Sat., Mar. 24 at 2 p.m. This game time is an hour earlier from the originally scheduled Saturday first pitch due to forecasted inclement weather. Stay tuned to winthropeagles.com and @WUEagles on Twitter for any schedule updates.
 
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