CHARLESTON, S.C. – For the second-straight game, Winthrop (21-25, 13-8 Big South Conference) was defeated by a walk-off home run as Charleston Southern (15-31, 6-15 Big South Conference) earned a 2-1 win in the series finale Sunday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED
-The Eagles and Bucs battled through four scoreless frames before the Eagles broke the stalemate in the top of the 5^th inning.

-Two-straight walks to Scout McFalls and Ryan Watson set the Eagles up with two baserunners. Jake Sullivan advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt, then a Brandon Fite flyout scored McFalls from third for a 1-0 lead.

-Dillon Morton hit a double in the 6^th, but no other baserunners or hits in the inning ended the scoring threat.

-The Eagles also got runners to 2^nd and 3^rd in the 7^th inning, but were unable to capitalize.

-CSU tied up the ballgame at 1-1 in the bottom of the 8^th on a fielder's choice.

-Winthrop left two on base in the top of the 9^th, with McFalls advancing to third base.

-Tied 1-1 in the bottom of the 9^th, CSU's Derek Horton hit a solo home run for the walk-off 2-1 win.

NOTABLES
-The loss was the second-straight walk-off game in as many days, both coming as solo home runs.

-Winthrop stranded 10 on the day, its second-straight game in double digits for runners left on base.

-Senior Mitch Spires extended his team-high hitting streak to 10-straight games, and has reached base in 18-consecutive games, also a team-high.

-Senior RHP Daniel Willcutt pitched all 8.0+ innings, allowing eight hits and striking out four.

UP NEXT
Winthrop continues its road stretch at UNC Greensboro on Tues., May 8, then heads to league-leading Campbell for a three-game series Fri.-Sun., May 11-13.