ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Winthrop baseball program got their 2022 off to a great start with an 11-9 victory over the Eastern Michigan Friday evening at the Winthrop Ballpark.
 
The Eagles are 1-0 overall and improve to 27-16 all-time in season openers.
 
KEY CONTRIBUTORS
Joseph Szvetitz (3-5, 3 RBI, 1 R)
C.J. Conrad (3-5, 2 RBI, 1 R)
Dillon Morton (2-5, 1 RBI, 1 R)
Khyree Miller (1-4, 4 RBI, 1 R)
 
W: Jaret Montenery (1-0)
L: Frankie Volkers (0-1)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Eastern Michigan got on the board first in the top of the second inning as they hit a 2 RBI single to take the early 2-0 lead
• Khyree Miller hit a three-run blast in the bottom of the same inning to give the Eagles a one-run lead
• Two runs from the visitors re-took the lead in the top of the fifth
• Dillon Morton doubled to left center field to score Ty Hooks and tie the score in the bottom half of the inning
• C.J. Conrad later singled to center field to score Morton
• Joseph Szvetitiz then came up to the plate and smacked a single of his own to score Jack Spyke
• Conrad scored on Miller's groundout to give the homestanding Eagles a 7-4 lead
• Winthrop added to the lead in the bottom of the sixth as Spyke and Conrad had RBIs
• EMU cut into the lead in the eighth inning with a two-RBI triple and an RBI single
• Szvetitz had a 2-RBI single in the bottom of the eighth to add two insurance runs as Spyke and Hunter Christopher scored
• The visiting Eagles scratched out two runs in the ninth, but Winthrop held on for the victory

ON DECK
Winthrop will host EMU tomorrow at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.