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Liberty Series
Jeff Sochko
4
Gardner-Webb GWU 15-8, 4-2 BigSouth
8
Winner Winthrop WINTHROP 11-14, 2-4 BigSouth
Gardner-Webb GWU
15-8, 4-2 BigSouth
4
Final
8
Winthrop WINTHROP
11-14, 2-4 BigSouth
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Gardner-Webb GWU 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 1
Winthrop WINTHROP 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 X 8 11 0

W: Bookbinder, Josh (4-0) L: PORTELA, Michael (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Eagles Take Series Vs. Gardner-Webb

ROCK HILL, S.C. –In a game that was delayed for nearly four hours due to inclement weather, Winthrop defeated Gardner-Webb at home by a final score of 8-4 in the series finale with the Runnin' Bulldogs, taking the series from the visitors from Boiling Springs, N.C. With the win, the Eagles move to 11-14 overall and 2-4 in Big South play.
 
STANDOUTS
Ty Hooks (2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI)
Ramses Cordova (2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI)
Nate Chronis (2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B)
 
W: Josh Bookbinder (4-0)
L: Michael Portela (0-1)
S: N/A
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Eagles took a 4-0 lead to start the game on Joseph Szvetitz's fielder's choice, Ty Hooks and Nate Chronis's RBI single and Szvetitz scoring on a balk.
  • Gardner-Webb got on the board in the top of the fourth with a two-run RBI single and an RBI double on the next play, cutting Winthrop's lead to 4-3.
  • The Runnin' Bulldogs then tied it up in the top of the seventh on an RBI single.
  • Winthrop then went up 8-4 in the bottom of the eighth on RBI singles by Ramses Cordova and McKinley Erves, an RBI double by Chronis and a fielder's choice by Charlie Evans, scoring Cordova.
  • Winthrop got the next three outs to secure the victory.
 
ON DECK
Winthrop heads to Charlotte, N.C. to play Queens at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
 
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