GREENVILLE, SC - Winthrop baseball snapped a four game losing streak Tuesday night in Greenville, beating Furman 8-6 to split the season series.
Spencer Yankle hit a go-ahead solo home run in the top of the ninth inning which proved to be the game winner, giving the Eagles their fifteenth win of the year (now 15-13 overall and 6-3 in Big South play) and pushing Furman back to 10-17 on the year.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Eagles got on the board in the top of the second inning when
Jake Sullivan doubled to left field, scoring
Grant English to tie the game at 1.
- In the top of the fourth inning, English continued the Eagle offense by homering to left field for his first of the season, re-tying the game at 2.
- After Furman scored the game's next three runs to take a 5-2 lead after four innings of play, the Eagles responded with three of their own in the top of the fifth inning.
Hunter Lipscomb made it a 5-3 with a double to score
Scout McFalls and advance
Spencer Yankle to third. Yankle came in to score on a sacrifice fly to center field by
Matthew Mulkey, cutting the Furman lead to 5-4. The Eagles then tied the game on another RBI hit by
Grant English, a single through the right side to score
Hunter Lipscomb.
- After the Paladins took the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning with one run in the frame, Winthrop had an answer again when
Scout McFalls singled the other way into left field, scoring
Jake Sullivan to tie the game at 6.
- The biggest runs of the game came in the top of the ninth inning, when the Eagles scored twice to take the lead for good.
Spencer Yankle led off the inning with a solo home run to left center field, his third of the season, to bring home the game-winning run and give the Eagles a 7-6 lead. Winthrop added an insurance run in the inning when
Grant English added to his big day at the plate, singling through the left side to score
Hunter Lipscomb.
NOTABLES
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Grant English had another offensive outburst on Tuesday for the Eagles, going 4-5 with a home run, 3 RBI and 2 runs scored.
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Braxton Foley got the start on the mound for the Eagles and went 3.2 innings on Tuesday on just two days' rest, allowing five runs (all earned) on seven hits, striking out four and walking two. A platoon of four pitchers finished the game out of the bullpen for the Eagles, all turning in great outings.
Dalton Whitaker went 1.1 innings allowing one earned run, and then
Bryan Petta (1.0 IP),
Turner Scruggs (1.1 IP) and
Colten Rendon (1.2 IP) went the rest of the way allowing no runs, with Rendon earning the win to go to 3-2 for the year.
UP NEXT: The Eagles welcome High Point to the Winthrop Ballpark for a three game series beginning this Friday, with first pitch slated for 6 p.m.
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