Charleston, S.C. – Winthrop's offense came alive in Saturday's double header against Charleston Southern, winning Game 1 in seven innings, with a dominant 17-4 performance, before taking Game 2 of the day, 9-7.
 
Scout McFalls had himself an afternoon, going 4-for-5 with four RBI and was a home run shy of the cycle in Game 1. The senior kept his hot streak going in the series finale, going 2-for-5 at the plate with a solo home run.
 
The Eagles have now swept the Buccaneers in 2021, winning all five regular season contests. Winthrop improves to 15-23 on the season with a 12-17 against conference opponents.
 
KEY CONTRIBUTORS
GAME 1
Scout McFalls (4-for-5, 4 RBI)
Joey Tepper (4-for-5, 3 RBI)
Ty Hooks (2-for-4, 3 RBI)
Andrew Jenner (1-for-4, 2 RBI)
Dillon Morton (1-for-5, 1 RBI)
Spencer Yankle (1-for-4, 1 RBI)
 
W: Colten Rendon (3-2, 5.0 IP, 3 Ks, 0 ER)
L: John Sendziak (0-3, 2.2 IP, 4 Ks, 5 ER)
 
 
GAME 2
Ty Hooks (1-for-4, 2 RBI)
Joey Tepper (2-for-3, 1 RBI)
Scout McFalls (2-for-5, 1 RBI, 1 HR)
Andrew Jenner (2-for-4, 1 RBI)
Spencer Yankle (2-for-5, 1 RBI)
Jonathan Strauss (1 RBI)
 
W: Daniel Blair (3.0, 5 Ks)
S: Dalton Mims (0.2 IP, 1 K)
L: Daniel Padysak (2.1 IP, 3 Ks, 6 ER)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME 1

• Scout McFalls led off the afternoon with a lead-off double and came home in the next at-bat when Joey Tepper laced a line drive up the middle to give Winthrop a 1-0 lead.
• Colten Rendon pitched a 1-2-3 inning getting the Eagles back up to the plate quickly.
• With one out, Joe McNamara, Tyler Baker and McFalls strung together back-to-back-to-back singles with McNamara coming home off McFalls' at-bat.  
• Baker came home on Tepper's groundout while McFalls also scored in Winthrop's half of the inning on a throwing error during Dillon Morton's at-bat taking a 4-0 lead.
• Winthrop put up three more runs in the top of the 3^rd, highlighted by a two-RBI triple off the bat of McFalls.
• The Buccaneers threatened in the bottom of the 3^rd with runners of second and third with two outs. Rendon got Johnny Oliveira to fly out to keep CSU scoreless through three innings.
• Charleston got on the board in the bottom of the 4^th when Andrew Bullock singled deep to right, scoring Adronica to make it a 7-1 contest.
• The Eagles kept piling on the runs with 10 over the course of the 5^th and 6^th inning.
• In the 5^th, Joe McNamara, Tyler Baker and Scout McFalls singled in three consecutive at-bats, with McNamara coming home on McFalls' single. Joey Tepper walked to load up the bases before Dillon Morton was hit-by-pitch, walking in another run. The inning was capped off by a RBI single off the bat of Ty Hooks to make it a 12-1 game. Andrew Jenner scored on a wild pitch to round out the six-run inning, 13-1.
• Two of Winthrop's four 6^th inning come home on a two-RBI single off the bat of Ty Hooks.
• The Buccaneers scored two runs in the 7^th inning but the Eagles' lead was too much to come back from. Winthrop led by 13 runs ending the game after the 7^th inning, 17-4.

 
GAME 2

• Winthrop kept things rolling in the top of the 1^st with a solo homerun off the bat of Joey Tepper.
• Both teams put up zeros in the 2^nd before an explosive 3^rd inning for both sides.
• In the top of the 3^rd, the Eagles plated six runs, with a run coming home on three consecutive singles from Spencer Yankle, Andrew Jenner and Ty Hooks. To round out the offensive efforts, Jonathan Strauss reached on a fielder's choice while both Hooks and Jenner came home on a throwing error on the play to take a 7-0 lead.
• The Bucs fought back in their half of the inning, putting up a four spot to cut Winthrop's lead to three, 7-4. Andrew Bullock was the highlight of the inning, blasting a three-run homer over the left field fence.
• In the top of the 5^th, Yankle and Jenner both reached base to lead-off the inning. Yankle scored when Hooks grounded into a double play to extend Winthrop's lead, 8-4.
• Daniel Blair took over on the mound in the bottom of the 5^th for Willie Lumpkin, who pitched 4.0 solid innings, striking out four. Blair gave up a lead-off single before striking out the next two batters faced and getting out of the inning unscathed.
• McFalls stayed hot at the plate, launching his third home run of the season over the center field wall, giving the Eagles a 9-4 edge.
• Blair was able to pitch around trouble, leaving three runners on in the bottom of the 7^th to hang on to the Eagles' five-run lead.  
• In the bottom of the 8^th, CSU got another run across when Maggio came home on a wild pitch, 9-5.
• The Buccaneers threatened in the bottom of the ninth, loading the bases with no outs and plating a pair of runs but couldn't complete the comeback. The Eagles sweep the series, taking Game 2 of Saturday's double header, 9-7.

 
ON DECK
The Eagles will travel to Buies Creek for a midweek meeting with Campbell on Tuesday, May 11. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. A win on Tuesday would snap a six-game losing skid against the Camels. This will be the Eagles final conference road trip of the season.