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4
Morehead State MOR 3-3
19
Winner Winthrop WINT 4-2
Morehead State MOR
3-3
4
Final
19
Winthrop WINT
4-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Morehead State MOR 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 11 3
Winthrop WINT 11 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 X 19 13 0

W: Earnhardt, Luke (2-0) L: Hawks, Kamden (0-1) S: Vitarelli, Leo (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Eagles Erupt for 11 in the First, Take Series Over Morehead State

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- The Winthrop University baseball team erupted for 11 runs in the first inning and never looked back as Luke Earnhardt fanned 11 over six dominant innings in a 19-4 rout of Morehead State on Saturday afternoon at Founders Field. 
GAME INFORMATION 

RECORD: Winthrop (4-2) | Morehead State (3-3) 
WINTHROP LEADERS: Cade Norton (1-for-2, 4 runs, double, 2 RBI, 2 walks, HBP) | Grant McGuire (1-for-2, 2 runs, 4 RBI, walk) | Corey Wouters (3-for-6, run, 3 RBI) | Gabe Natividad (3-for-4, 3 runs, double, HBP, 2 SB) 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
  • Natividad doubled down the left field line to start the first and Skowronski walked before Norton's sacrifice bunt attempt was thrown away by Morehead State starter Kamden Hawks to load the bases with nobody out 
  • McGuire and Alan Benhardt drew back-to-back RBI walks to make it 2-0 before Wouters and Jaylen Hernandez delivered consecutive RBI singles to push it to 4-0 
  • A Noah Cox hit-by-pitch forced in another run and chased Hawks, who failed to record an out while allowing eight runs — seven earned — on three hits and three walks 
  • Reliever Cole Wells surrendered a Chazz Grossington sacrifice fly and a wild pitch scored Hernandez to make it 7-0 before Norton ripped a two-run double down the left field line 
  • McGuire added a sacrifice fly and Wouters capped the frame with another RBI single as Winthrop batted around the order and scored 11 runs on six hits in the opening inning 
  • Morehead State got one back in the second on back-to-back singles by Aubrey Kearns and Brayton Coomer followed by a Davis Germann RBI single, but Earnhardt struck out the next two batters to limit the damage 
  • Winthrop added two in the third on a Benhardt RBI groundout and a Wouters RBI single to make it 13-1 
  • The Eagles loaded the bases again in the fourth on a Natividad HBP, Skowronski walk and Norton HBP before McGuire's RBI groundout and a Morehead State fielding error pushed the lead to 16-1 
  • Jaden Hart tripled and Caden Sheridan hit a two-run homer to deep center in the fifth to cut it to 16-3 
  • McGuire lifted his second sacrifice fly of the day in the sixth to make it 17-3 
  • Noah Berge launched a two-run homer to deep left in the seventh, for his first career hit and home run, to cap the Winthrop scoring at 19-3 
  • Will Bomersbach added a pinch-hit solo homer in the ninth off Leo Vitarelli for the final margin 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 
  • Earnhardt earned his second win with 11 strikeouts over six innings, allowing three runs on six hits and one walk on 82 pitches 
  • Vitarelli closed it out with five strikeouts over three innings of one-run relief to earn his first career save 
  • Winthrop was hit by a pitch four more times, pushing the season total to 33 HBP through six games 
  • Morehead State committed three errors and used six pitchers, with Hawks taking the loss after failing to retire a batter 
  • Winthrop has now scored 29 runs over back-to-back games against Morehead State after Friday's 10-0 shutout 
ON DECK
The Eagles close out the series tomorrow at 1:00 p.m.

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