ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Eagles failed to get their bats going Friday night, falling 11-2 to High Point. Scout McFalls hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to avoid a shutout, his first long ball of the season. Winthrop is now 11-21 overall with a 8-16 mark against conference opponents.
 
KEY CONTRIBUTORS  
Scout McFalls (2-for-3, 2 RBI)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Panthers got things underway with three runs in the first inning, with two runs coming home on an error.
• Both pitchers put together a scoreless second inning.
• Another High Point run came home in the top of the 3^rd when Tyler Jones let a pitch get away from him to make it a 4-0 contest.
• Jones struggled with his command, throwing five of Winthrop's eight wild pitches.
• Garrett Gainey came in and pitched 3.2 innings in relief.
• Travis Holt singled to center in the top of the 5^th to bring home Brady Pearre to extend their lead, 5-0.
• In the 7^th and 9^th inning, High Point put up three runs apiece to break the game wide open, 11-0.
• In the bottom of the 9^th with Drake Smith aboard, McFalls smashed a two-out, two-run homer over the right field fence, his first of the season, to get the Eagles on the board. 
• High Point's lead was too much to come back from and the Eagles would fall to the Panthers, 11-2.

ON DECK
The Eagles and Panthers will close out the three-game series with a doubleheader Saturday, May 1 beginning at 1 p.m.