ROCK HILL, S.C. - Coming off a 6-1 loss to South Carolina at home, resulting in the Gamecocks taking the two-game season series from the Eagles, snapping the Eagles' season-high four game win streak and dropping Winthrop's record to 21-22 with 11 regular-season games remaining, Winthrop continues conference play by traveling to Radford in a three-game series tomorrow at 6 p.m.
 
The two schools will meet for the 116th time with Winthrop leading the series by a 64-51 count, including 26-25 in Radford. The Eagles and Highlanders met for the first time in a doubleheader on Mar. 28, 1985 with the Eagles winning by scores of 11-1 and 11-2 at home on the way to a two-game sweep, as well as winning the first nine and 11 of the first 13 meetings. The two teams have split the last six meetings but Winthrop has won the last three games from the Highlanders. Last season saw Winthrop sweep Radford in three games in Rock Hill, including the most recent meeting on April 3 by a count of 18-2. Winthrop's last series win in Radford was in 2017, taking two of three games.
 
Radford's most recent outing was a three-game Big South series with in-state rival Longwood over the weekend, dropping two of three meetings. The Highlanders have three series wins so far, including a sweep of Hartford and the other two series wins were against Iona and VMI. The Highlanders are currently 9-36 overall, 1-17 in Big South play on the year, have failed to win a Big South series so far and at one point lost 22 consecutive games. Their longest win streak was three, the aforementioned sweep of Hartford.  Last season, Radford finished with an overall record of 15-33 and 8-15 in the Big South. Radford was voted to finish tenth with 25 points in the Big South in the 2023 preseason coaches poll.
 
The South Carolina loss concluded a season-high nine game home stand for the Eagles. The Eagles have also won six of the last eight games, including series wins over Presbyterian and UNC Asheville. Winthrop has won six series overall at this point in the season, including sweeps of LIU, The Citadel and UNC Asheville.
 
Winthrop enters 2023 predicted to finish ninth in the Big South Conference. The Eagles finished the 2022 season with an 18-34 (11-13 Big South) record. The Eagles also welcome back 18 players, nine of them starters and 16 newcomers, all either freshman or transfers.

 

Winthrop (21-22, 9-9 Big South) at Radford (9-36, 1-17 Big South) | Rock Hill, S.C. | Sherman Carter Memorial Stadium
Date	Friday, May 5 / GAME 1	Saturday, May 6 / GAME 2	Sunday, May 7 / GAME 3
First Pitch	6:00 p.m. ET	4:00 p.m. ET	1:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Pitching Matchups (2023 Stats)	Dylan Howard (1-8, 5.87 ERA) vs.  Brody Hopkins (0-4, 6.06 ERA)	Ty Burton (3-5, 5.47 ERA) vs. Brady Houston (0-0, 4.70 ERA)	TBA (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Alex Logusch (1-2, 6.25 ERA)