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Asheville AVL
10-27
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Winthrop WINTHROP
18-22
Winner
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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Asheville AVL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Winthrop WINTHROP 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 2 9 0

W: Pawelczyk, Nate (5-4) L: BROWN, Blake (0-4) S: Whitaker, Dalton (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Pawelczyk Leads Eagles To 2-1 Win In Series Opener Over UNC Asheville

Pawelczyk matches career-highs with 8.0 innings pitched and nine strikeouts.

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Behind a season-high eight innings and nine strikeouts from junior Nate Pawelczyk, Winthrop baseball (18-22, 10-6 Big South Conference) earned a 2-1 series opening win over UNC Asheville (10-27, 5-11 Big South Conference) Friday evening at The Winthrop Ballpark.

HOW IT HAPPENED
-The Bulldogs got on the board first with a solo homer in the top of the 2nd by Joe Gruszka. It was the only run Pawelczyk would give up, and the ace would give up just six hits on the day.

-The Eagles would get something going in the 4th as Brandon Fite hit a leadoff single and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Mitch Spires knocked a single to center to get Fite to third. Dillon Morton kept it going with a single to right to score Fite and send Spires to third. Cale Gibson was unable to get on base, but his ground out still scored Spires for a 2-1 lead.

-Tyler Halstead led off with a double in the 7th, but the Eagles couldn't get him across.

-Winthrop mounted another scoring threat in the 8th with back-to-back singles by Jake Sullivan and Fite. Sullivan would get as far as third on a fielder's choice put in play by Dillon Morton, but a Halstead groundout ended the threat.

-Dalton Whitaker came to the mound for the 9th to close it out leading 2-1.

NOTABLES
-Junior RHP Nate Pawelczyk matched his season-long going 8.0 innings on the mound and posting a season-high nine strikeouts. Both numbers also matched his career-highs set in 2017.

-Leading-hitter Mitch Spires has recorded at least one hit in 11 of the last 12 games, going 2-for-4 with one run scored in the win.

-Brandon Fite put together a 3-for-4 day with one run scored.

UP NEXT
The series with the Bulldogs continues Saturday with a 4 p.m. first pitch and concludes Sunday with a 1 p.m. start. Winthrop encourages fans to arrive early and prepare for increased traffic Saturday with the annual Come See Me festival taking place at the Winthrop Farm. Winthrop Athletics will be celebrating Earth Day with a Sustainability Day promotion, with reusable Winthrop grocery/tote bags while supplies last, some even with some surprise giveaways stuffed inside.
 
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