SPARTANBURG, S.C. – After trailing 9-0 after the third inning, Winthrop cut it to one in the fourth but eventually fell to Wofford on the road by a final score of 18-10. Winthrop moves to 4-4 on the season.
 
KEY CONTRIBUTORS
Jonathan Strauss (2-3, 1 R, 4 RBI, 2 2B)
Brody Hopkins (2-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 1 HR)
 
W: Coulson Buchanan (1-0)
L: Aaron White (0-1)
S: N/A
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Wofford cleared the bases with a triple in the bottom of the second inning to lead 3-0.
• On the next play the Terriers got the runner home on a fielder's choice, making it 4-0.
• The home team capped off the inning with a single to score two more.
• In the next Wofford half, the Terriers struck home with three runs. The first two came via an error and the third run scored while a Wofford player was caught stealing to end the inning.
• Winthrop got on the board in the top of the fourth when Brody Hopkins got home on a wild pitch and then made it a 9-4 deficit when Jonathan Strauss doubled to score Ty Hooks and Nate Chronis and Wofford walked in McKinley Erves with the bases loaded.
• The Eagles drew even closer when Hopkins, the man who started the rally, hit a grand slam to cut it to one run. This was Winthrop's first homer of the year.
• Wofford would get two runs back in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single.
• The Eagles walked in a run in the bottom of the sixth to extend Wofford's lead to 12-8.
• In the bottom of the seventh the Terriers put the game away with four runs.
• Winthrop cut it to six in the top of the eighth when Strauss again doubled to score Hooks and Harrison Wilson.
• The Terriers wrapped up the scoring in the bottom of the eighth when two runs came in to score on a single.

 
ON DECK
Winthrop returns home to face The Citadel the next day at 4:00 p.m.