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15
Winner Charleston COFC 11-17
5
Winthrop WIN 21-8
Winner
Charleston COFC
11-17
15
Final
5
Winthrop WIN
21-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Charleston COFC 6 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 1 15 16 2
Winthrop WIN 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 11 0

W: Lyon, Alex (2-1) L: Vandenbosch, Evan (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Eagles Unable to Overcome Early Deficit in Loss to Charleston

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- The Winthrop University baseball squad fell behind 6-0 in the first inning and could not recover in a 15-5 loss to Charleston on Tuesday evening at Founders Field, snapping a six-game winning streak. 
GAME INFORMATION 

RECORD: Winthrop (21-8) | Charleston (11-17) 
WINTHROP LEADERS: Corey Wouters (3-for-5, HR, 3 RBI) | Noah Cox (2-for-3, double, walk) | Cade Norton (2-for-3) | Alan Benhardt (2-for-3, RBI) 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
  • Charleston tagged Evan Vandenbosch for six runs in the first as Alex LaCoste delivered an RBI single, a wild pitch scored another, Ethan Plyler added an RBI single and Will Tippett cleared the bases with a two-run double 
  • Mason Tompkins entered in relief and held things together through the third before LaCoste homered in the fifth to make it 7-0 
  • Winthrop got on the board in the third as Grossington singled, Cox walked and Wouters singled home Grossington before Benhardt added an RBI single to cut it to 6-2 
  • Charleston tacked on a run in the sixth on a Jacob Amman RBI single 
  • The Cougars blew it open with six in the seventh, highlighted by LaCoste's second homer of the night, a two-run shot, and a two-run homer from Plyler off Casey Culbreth 
  • Wouters cut into the deficit with a two-run homer in the seventh and Gage Handzel drove in a run with an RBI groundout to make it 13-5, but Charleston added two more late for the final margin 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 
  • Vandenbosch took the loss, allowing six runs on four hits and three walks in just 0.1 innings 
  • Tompkins steadied the staff with 3.2 innings of one-run relief 
  • LaCoste was the story for Charleston, going 5-for-6 with two homers and four RBI 
  • Wouters provided three of Winthrop's five RBI, including a solo blast in the seventh 
  • Winthrop's six-game winning streak was snapped as it falls to 21-8 on the year 
ON DECK
The Eagles stay in Rock Hill, for a three-game series against Western Carolina starting on Thursday.

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