ROCK HILL, SC- The Eagles and Tigers split Saturday's double-header with Towson taking Game 1, 7-2 and Winthrop winning Game 2, 7-3.
 
GAME INFORMATION
RECORDS: Winthrop (2-4, 0-0 BSC), Towson (1-5, 0-0 CAA)
WINTHROP LEADERS: Dillon Morton (5-for-8, 1 HR), Joey Tepper (4-for-8, 2 RBI), Dalton Mims (1-0, 3.2 IP, 5 K, 1 H)
 
WHAT HAPPENED
Game 1

• The first inning was quite for both sides, with the only hit coming off the bat off Joe McNamara, who singles to left.
• The second inning was a tough on Daniel Blair. After getting the lead-off hitter to ground out, he walked Nick Brown before hitting Burke Camper to give Towson two baserunners.
• Blair struck out Jack McLaughlin before giving up a single to Jacob Terao, scoring Brown.
• Blair walked Danny Becerra, loading the bases and eventually walking in a run on the next at-bat.
• Nolan Young doubled to right, scoring three runs to take a 5-0 lead.
• The inning ended with him striking out Javon Fields.
• Dillon Morton singled to lead off Winthrop's half of the inning, with Andrew Jenner reaching on an error.
• Morton was called out at third with Jenner advancing on an error.
• Hunter Christopher singled to right, scoring Jenner to get the Eagles on the board, 5-1.
• Both sides were quiet, until the eighth inning when Jonathan Strauss singled to left, scoring Morton, who reached on a single to short earlier in the inning.
• Billy Godrick would double in the top of the 9^th for Towson, scoring Javon Fields and Nolan Young to give the Tigers the 7-2 over the Eagles.

 
Game 2

• Towson wasted no time getting on the board in Game 2, with Nolan Young homering off Tyler Jones to take a quick 1-0 lead.
• The Eagles went down 1,2,3 in their half of the first.
• Jones settled down, getting Towson's Camper to fly out before striking out Brandon Austin and Jake Lysaght.
• The bottom half of the 2^nd was big for the Eagles, with Morton leading off with a single, followed by another single to right off the bat of Jonathan Strauss.
• Joey Tepper doubled to left with bases loaded, scoring two, putting the Eagles ahead 2-1.
• In the next at-bat, Tyler Baker flew out to center, scoring Tyler Hooks from third, giving the Eagles a 3-1 lead.
• The Tigers got one back in the top of the 3^rd, with Danny Becerra walking and stealing second and third before scoring on an error while Nate Young was at the plate.
• Both teams saw action in the 6^th inning. Towson's Austin led off their half of the inning with a triple before scoring on Lysaght's single to left.
• Morton led off Winthrop's half with a home run to extend its lead, 4-3.
• Mims sat the Tigers down in order in the top of the 7^th.
• Tepper and Baker popped out and grounded out to lead of Winthrop's half of the inning.
• Andrew Jenner singled to center, advancing Scout McFalls who was walked in the previous at-bat.
• Jenner advanced to third on a passed ball, McFalls scored, extending Winthrop's lead to 5-3.
• In the next at-bat, Spencer Yankle doubled to left center, scoring Jenner to put the Eagles ahead three, 6-3.
• The Tigers' bats were quiet in the 8^th and 9^th inning. The Eagles scored another run in the bottom of the eighth inning to secure the 7-3 win over the Tigers in Game 2.

 
ON DECK
The Eagles and Tigers will play a getaway game on Sunday, Feb. 28 with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m.