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Winner Winthrop WIN 16-7
12
Sacramento State SAC 9-14
Winner
Winthrop WIN
16-7
14
Final
12
Sacramento State SAC
9-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Winthrop WIN 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 6 1 14 18 4
Sacramento State SAC 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 5 12 15 0

W: McNeely, Colby (4-0) L: Carey, Sean (1-1) S: Rehkow, Ben (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Eagles Plate Six in the Eighth, Survive Late Rally to Top Sacramento State, 14-12

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Winthrop University baseball team erupted for six runs in the eighth inning to retake the lead and held on for a 14-12 victory over Sacramento State on Friday evening at John Smith Field. 
GAME INFORMATION 

RECORD: Winthrop (16-7) | Sacramento State (9-14) 
WINTHROP LEADERS: Gabe Natividad (3-for-6, HR, 3 RBI, SB) | Josh Skowronski (3-for-4, double, 3 RBI, 2 walks, 2 SB) | Alan Benhardt (3-for-5, 3 RBI, SF) | Grant McGuire (3-for-5, 2 RBI, SB) | Cornelius Wouters (2-for-5, double, 2 RBI, walk, SB) 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
  • Natividad launched a solo homer on the second pitch of the game and McGuire added an RBI single later in the first for a 2-0 lead 
  • Grossington doubled to lead off the second and scored on a Natividad RBI single before Skowronski tripled down the right field line to make it 4-0 
  • Luke Earnhardt held Sacramento State scoreless through four innings before the Hornets strung together three runs in the fifth to cut it to 4-3 
  • Winthrop answered right back with three in the fifth as Benhardt and Wouters ripped back-to-back RBI singles and Crowley added an RBI groundout to push it to 7-3 
  • Sacramento State tied the game at 7-7 with four in the seventh, aided by two Winthrop errors 
  • The Eagles came right back with a massive six-run eighth, sending 10 batters to the plate and chasing Sacramento State reliever Sean Carey without recording an out 
  • Natividad, Skowronski, Benhardt, Wouters and McGuire all drove in runs during the inning as Winthrop took a 13-7 lead 
  • Benhardt added another RBI single in the ninth for a 14-7 cushion 
  • Sacramento State made it interesting in the bottom of the ninth as Jakob Poturnak crushed a grand slam and Ayden Hadley doubled home another to cut it to 14-12 
  • Ben Rehkow entered and retired the final two batters to earn the save
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 
  • McNeely earned his fourth win despite allowing five runs in the ninth
  • Winthrop collected 18 hits, its highest total of the season, with five players recording three hits apiece 
  • Natividad's leadoff homer set the tone early, his first blast of the season, as he finished 3-for-6 with three RBI 
  • Skowronski continued his torrid on-base stretch, reaching five times with three hits and two walks 
  • The Eagles improved to 16-7 and have won six of their last seven games 
ON DECK
The Eagles head to Sacramento, taking on the Hornets for a three-game series starting on Thursday

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