ROCK HILL, S.C. - Winthrop baseball (4-8) hosts The Citadel (5-5) at Winthrop Ballpark on Weds., Mar. 7 at 6 p.m. Tuesday's originally scheduled matchup with UNC Greensboro has been postponed due to weather and will be played on Weds., Mar. 14 at 6 p.m. at Winthrop Ballpark. 

  

Winthrop (4-8) vs. UNC Greensboro (7-4)
Date	Tues., Mar. 6 - POSTPONED TO WEDS., MAR. 14 AT 6 P.M.
First Pitch	6 p.m.
Live Stats	WinthropEagles.com
Live Audio	WinthropEagles.com
Game Notes	Coming soon
Get Tickets	Click here

 






 
 

Winthrop (4-8) vs. The Citadel (5-5)
Date	Weds., Mar. 7
First Pitch	6 p.m.
Live Stats	WinthropEagles.com
Live Audio	WinthropEagles.com
Game Notes	(Updated after 3/6)
Get Tickets	Click here
Game Program	Click here

 

PROJECTED STARTERS
UNC Greensboro vs. Winthrop: TBD vs. TBD

The Citadel vs. Winthrop: LHP Shane Connolly vs. RHP Daniel Willcutt

PINK NIGHT
Wednesday's game vs. The Citadel is a Pink Night game for breast cancer awareness in partnership with Winthrop's chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. Zetas will be at the Ballpark passing out pink ribbons and collecting donations to benefit the Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation, The American Cancer Society and Bright Pink. The ZTA Foundation is the direct philanthropy while the American Cancer Society and Bright Pink are two of their partners that fans can donate directly to. Also, Winthrop Athletics will be donating 20% of the night's ticket sales to the ZTA Foundation.

SERIES HISTORY
Winthrop and UNC Greenboro have met 17 times in program history with the Eagles holding a 10-7 series edge. Winthrop and The Citadel are frequent opponents, having met 52 times in program history with an almost-even 24-27 record in the Bulldogs' favor.
 
TEAM SNAPSHOT
Winthrop is hitting .242 (95-for-393) as a team with a .311 on base percentage. The Eagles have recorded 16 errors as a squad, retaining a .963 fielding percentage overall.
 
PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS
-Sophomore RHP Zach Peek was named Big South Starting Pitcher of the Week after a dominant outing against Kent State that saw him take a no-hitter into the seventh inning and allow only two hits on the day. Peek recorded a new career-high 12 strikeouts in 8.0 innings.

-Senior Mitch Spires and junior Hunter Lipscomb each have a team-high 11 hits. Lipscomb is also third on the squad with a .365 on-base-percentage and leads the squad with four multi-hit games.

-Junior Cale Gibson had a four-RBI night in game one against Kent State, going 3-for-4 at the plate including a two-run homer and an RBI double.

-Senior Tyler Halstead batted 6-for-12 in the Kent State series with three RBI and his first triple of the season. Halstead is second on the squad with three multi-hit games and two multiple-RBI games.

 
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. Click here for tickets