ROCK HILL, SC - Winthrop baseball returns to action on Tuesday night at the Winthrop Ballpark to host Furman for a 6 p.m. first pitch. Winthrop enters the midweek matchup with an overall record of 14-9 (6-0 Big South) and are winners of their last eight ballgames, coming off a three game weekend sweep of Longwood. Furman's momentum is going in the opposite direction, as the Paladins are losers of seven straight contests, bringing in an overall record of 5-16 into Tuesday's game. Furman is 0-3 in Southern Conference play after being swept over the weekend by Samford in Birmingham, Alabama. 

   

Furman (5-16, 0-3) at Winthrop (14-9, 6-0) – The Winthrop Ballpark
Date	Tuesday, March 25
First Pitch	6:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Pitching Matchup: LHP Hank Nichols (0-0, 7.56 ERA vs. RHP Macklin Ohs (0-0, 6.75 ERA)

* Winning Ways: Winthrop continues to play their best baseball of the season and are winners of their last eight ballgames, including their first six Big South games. The Eagles are averaging over 9 runs per game during the eight game winning streak and have outscored their opponents 75-27 in that span. Winthrop has improved their overall record to 14-9 on the season and is 6-0 in Big South play, currently sitting atop the conference standings. 

* Hot Hitters: Spencer Yankle and Brandon Fite are coming off scorching hot offensive weeks, each collecting nine hits at the plate. Yankle went 9-17 on the week with a home run, 5 RBI, 5 runs scored, also drawing two walks. Yankle capped off his week with a 4-6 day in the series finale against Longwood. Fite had a great week of contact hitting, going 9-13 at the plate in his four games played. 

* Nasty Nate: Senior right hander Nate Pawelczyk turned in yet another dominant outing in his Saturday start against Longwood. Pawelczyk turned in his sixth straight start allowing two or fewer earned runs, tossing seven innings of two-run ball. He allowed six hits and struck out a season-high 11 batters and walked only one. Pawelczyk earned his Big South leading fifth win of the season to move his record to 5-1, and his season ERA now sits as 1.15, another category for which Pawelczyk sits atop the Big South. 

* Awesome Offense: The Eagles have been on an offensive tear and are asserting themselves as the Big South's best offensive team. Entering Tuesday's contest, Winthrop leads the conference in team batting average (.297), overall hits (238), and total bases (335). The Eagles rank second in the Big South in slugging percentage (.418), on base percentage (.379), runs scored (158), doubles (42), and stolen bases (37).