Rock Hill, S.C. – Despite a late comeback to force extra innings, Winthrop went on to fall to Rutgers by a final score of 7-6 Sunday afternoon, ensuring a series sweep for the Scarlet Knights. With the loss, the Eagles move to 0-3 overall.
KEY CONTRIBUTORS
W: Sonny Fauci (1-0)
L:
Owen Sarna (0-1)
S: Gavin Stellpflug (1)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- On their third play of the game, the visitors hit a home run.
- In the next inning, Rutgers extended their lead to two on a fielder's choice.
- The Scarlet Knights brought in three runs in their half of the fourth, making the score 5-0 in favor of the visitors.
- Winthrop got on the board in the bottom of the inning with three runs of their own, with the highlight of the being Will Dorrell's two-run RBI single.
- Nicholas Badillo homered in the sixth to make it a one-run game.
- An RBI single by Rutgers made the score 6-4 in the eighth inning.
- Winthrop then tied the game on Ricky Teel's sac fly and Dorrell's RBI single.
- The game would go to extra innings.
- An RBI single puts Rutgers ahead in the 11th inning.
- Winthrop failed to answer after that.
ON DECK
Winthrop hits the road for the first time this season, traveling to Columbia for the first of a home-and-home series with the South Carolina Gamecocks on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. on SECN+.
