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7
Marshall MARS 2-5
11
Winner Winthrop WIN 6-2
Marshall MARS
2-5
7
Final
11
Winthrop WIN
6-2
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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Marshall MARS 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 6 2
Winthrop WIN 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 5 X 11 11 1

W: Byrd, Garrett (1-0) L: Doll, Landen (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Eagles Storm Back from Five-Run Deficit to Down Marshall, 11-7

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- The Winthrop University baseball team picked up its fourth win in as many days, taking down Marshall, 11-7, on Monday afternoon inside Founders Field. 
GAME INFORMATION 

RECORD: Winthrop (5-2) | Marshall (2-6) 
WINTHROP LEADERS: Cade Norton (3-for-4, 2 RBIs, SB, HBP), Alan Benhardt (2-for-6, 2B), Jaylen Hernandez (2-for-3, RBI, BB, 2B, HBP), Colin Crowley (2-for-3, RBI, 2B, SB, HBP), Gabe Natividad (1-for-3, 3 RBIs, 2B, 2 HBP) 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
  • Marshall struck first in the opening frame as Evan Bottone singled and advanced to third on two wild pitches before scoring on a Jackson Halter fielder's choice for a 1-0 lead 
  • The Thundering Herd blew the game open in the third when Bottone tripled down the right field line, Halter singled him home and Ethan Murdoch crushed a three-run homer to deep left to make it 5-0 
  • Winthrop answered in the bottom of the third as Natividad was hit by a pitch, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a Norton RBI single to cut it to 5-1 
  • The Eagles erupted for five in the fifth to take the lead — Natividad and Skowronski reached via HBP and walk before Benhardt singled to load the bases with nobody out 
  • Norton delivered an RBI single to left and Hernandez followed with another run-scoring single to center before a Handzel HBP, Crowley RBI single and Cox RBI groundout capped the rally to put Winthrop ahead 6-5 
  • Walker Brodt kept Marshall off the board with two scoreless innings of relief in the fourth and fifth 
  • Marshall tied it in the sixth when Bottone drove in Murdoch with an RBI single off Colby McNeely to knot the game at 6-6 
  • The Thundering Herd retook the lead in the eighth when Onate walked, moved up on a sacrifice bunt and a balk, and scored on a wild pitch to make it 7-6 
  • Trailing 7-6 in the bottom of the eighth, Norton and Hernandez were hit by consecutive pitches to put two on before Crowley was also plunked to load the bases with two outs 
  • Pinch-hitter Grant McGuire reached on a Marshall fielding error to score the tying run, and Cox drew an RBI walk to put Winthrop ahead 8-7 
  • Natividad then ripped a bases-clearing double to left field to blow the game open at 11-7 
  • Garrett Byrd slammed the door in the ninth, striking out two and stranding two runners to seal the comeback 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 
  • Byrd earned his first win of the season with 1.1 scoreless innings of relief, striking out two 
  • Natividad's bases-clearing double in the eighth provided the insurance, driving in three to turn a one-run lead into a four-run cushion 
  • Norton reached base in all five plate appearances, going 3-for-4 with a hit-by-pitch and a stolen base 
  • Winthrop was hit by a pitch six more times in the win, continuing a season-long trend that has seen the Eagles plunked at a prolific rate through eight games 
  • The Eagles have won four straight games in four days after starting the season 2-2 
ON DECK
The Eagles hit the field on Friday, with a three-game series against Maine.

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