Farmville, Va. – Winthrop won the series finale at Longwood Sunday afternoon, securing a sweep for the second straight weekend.
KEY CONTRIBUTORS
W:
Owen Sarna (3-3)
L: Ried Dittner (2-4)
S: N/A
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Eagles jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first as Gabe Natividad and Hernandez each came in to score on back-to-back wild pitches and Chronis's sac fly to right center field
- In the top of the fifth. Skowronski drilled a clutch, two-out, two-run bomb to right field to extend Winthrop's lead to 5-0
- In the next stanza, two more runs were added to Winthrop's total
- Hernandez's RBI groundout drove in Crowley and on the next play Chazz Grossington scored on a balk
- Winthrop loaded the bases in the top of the seventh but couldn't add on to their lead
- In the first six innings, Sarna faced 18 batters and retired 16 of them, with nine of them being strikeouts
- Longwood ended the shutout bid on Newman's two-run homer to left field with two outs
- With the Eagles now ahead by five at 7-2 entering the top of the eighth, Winthrop responded in a big way, scoring three more runs
- Alan Benhardt's RBI double down the right field line scored Natividad and made it a six-run game
- On the next play Chronis's two-run RBI single made it an eight-run game
- Longwood made one last push in their half of the eighth as they loaded the bases but couldn't capitalize
- Winthrop ended the game and the series by scoring five runs in the ninth
TEAM TIDBITS
- Winthrop moves to 1,406-1,021-7 all-time as a program
- Winthrop moves to 494-373 all-time in conference play
ON DECK
Winthrop hosts Queens (N.C.) and Wofford in back-to-back midweek games beginning on Tuesday, Apr. 29. Both games will start at 6:00 p.m. on ESPN+.
