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22
Winner Winthrop WINTHROP 23-22, 11-9 BSC
11
Radford RAD 9-38, 1-19 BSC
Winner
Winthrop WINTHROP
23-22, 11-9 BSC
22
Final
11
Radford RAD
9-38, 1-19 BSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Winthrop WINTHROP 7 2 0 6 1 2 0 3 1 22 18 1
Radford RAD 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 5 11 11 5

W: Houston, Brady (1-0) L: BURTON, T. (3-6)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Eagles Score Most Runs Since 2007 To Take Series From Radford

RADFORD, Va. – Winthrop used a hot start in the first inning and went on to defeat Radford on the road by a final score of 22-11, taking the three-game series from the Highlanders and scored their most runs in 16 seasons. The Eagles move their record to 23-22 overall and 11-9 in Big South play.
 
STANDOUTS
Brody Hopkins (3-5, 3 R, 2 RBI)
Ricky Teel (3-7, 3 R, 3 RBI)
McKinley Erves (3-4, 3 R, 4 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR)
Nicholas Badillo (3-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 2B)
Joseph Szvetitz (3-4, 3 R, 1 RBI)
Harrison Wilson (1-1, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR)
 
  • Most runs the Eagles have scored this season.
  • Most runs the Eagles have scored against a Big South opponent since a 21-3 win over 4th seeded Radford on May 22, 2009 in the Big South Tournament.
  • Most runs the Eagles have scored vs. any opponent since Apr. 24, 2007, a 22-2 win over North Carolina A&T at home.
  • First Big South road series win this year for the Eagles.
  • Fourth Big South series win overall for the Eagles.
 
W: Brady Houston (1-0)
L: Ty Burton (3-6)
S: N/A
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Eagles jumped out to an immediate 7-0 lead to begin the game, capped off by Brody Hopkins's RBI single.
  • Radford cut the lead to five in their half of the inning on an RBI single and a fielder's choice.
  • Jonathan Strauss scored on an error and then Nicholas Badillo took it back to a seven-run margin on an RBI single in the top of the second inning.
  • In the bottom of the third an RBI single by the Highlanders made it 9-3 Winthrop.
  • Winthrop would score six more runs to take a 15-3 lead in the top of the fourth, capped off by McKinley Erves's three-run RBI single.
  • Two more runs by the Highlanders cut the Winthrop lead back into single digits in their half of the fourth.
  • But the Eagles would go back up double digits at 16-5 in the top of the fifth when Joseph Szvetitz scored from third on an error.
  • Erves hit a two-run blast to make it a 13-run lead in the top of the sixth.
  • A home run by the home team made the score 18-6 in the bottom of the seventh.
  • Three more runs would score for Winthrop in the top of the eighth, capped off by Szvetitz's RBI single.
  • The Highlanders scored the last five runs of the game in the bottom of the ninth.
 
ON DECK
Winthrop plays Radford in the series finale tomorrow afternoon at 12:00 p.m., looking to sweep the Highlanders.
 
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