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31-26
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25-31
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Gardner-Webb GWU 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 10 0
Winthrop WINTHROP 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 1

W: JOHNSON, Tyler (2-1) L: Whitaker, Dalton (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Winthrop's Season Ends In Third Big South Tournament Game With 5-4 Loss To Gardner-Webb

GWU hits go-ahead home run in the top of the 9th.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – The 2018 season came to an end for Winthrop baseball (25-31, 15-12 Big South Conference) in its third game of the Big South Tournament Thursday evening. Gardner-Webb (31-26, 14-13 Big South Conference) scored a go-ahead home run in the top of the 9th and earned the 5-4 win.

HOW IT HAPPENED
-Starter Daniel Willcutt came out strong in the 1st, posting three outs on just four pitches.

-The Eagles kept the momentum going in the bottom half of the inning with a four-spot. Scout McFalls and Jake Sullivan were both walked to start the inning, then Tyler Halstead belted a bases-clearing double for a 2-0 lead. Dillon Morton was walked, which would send the Runnin' Bulldogs to the bullpen for Tyler Johnson. Johnson would issue a walk to Cale Gibson to load the bases for Hunter Lipscomb, who dropped a base hit into center for two RBI and a 4-0 lead.

-Ben LaSpaluto got GWU on the board in the 2nd with a single RBI.

-GWU added another in the 4th as Chris Clary made it to 1st on a bunt, scoring Chandler Redmond.

-GWU's Luke Kaesmeyer tied up the ballgame in the top of the 6th with a triple deep to right center with two runners on, scoring both for the 4-4 tie.

-The Eagles went down in order in the 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th innings.

-McFalls hit a two-out single in the 7th and stole second.

-In the top of the 9th, LaSpaluto belted a solo homer down the left field line for a 5-4 lead.

-The Eagles would go down in order in the 9th with a ground out, pop up and a final ground out.
 
NOTABLES
-After posting 13 hits in each of its first two games of the Big South Tournament, Winthrop recorded six in tonight's loss. Winthrop is 11-24 on the season when failing to notch double-digit hits.  

-Hunter Lipscomb went 7-for-12 during the Big South Tournament with four RBI. Tonight's game marked his 12th multiple-hit game of the season, fourth-best on the squad, and eighth multiple-RBI game of the season, tied for second on the team.

-GWU reliever Tyler Johnson went 8.2 innings, allowing no Winthrop runs and just five hits.
 
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