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4
Western Carolina WCAR 19-13
6
Winner Winthrop WIN 22-9
Western Carolina WCAR
19-13
4
Final
6
Winthrop WIN
22-9
Winner
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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Western Carolina WCAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 7 0
Winthrop WIN 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 X 6 9 1

W: McNeely, Colby (5-0) L: Burnette, Carter (2-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Earnhardt Dominates, Eagles Fight Off Catamounts for 6-4 Win

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- The Winthrop University baseball team got 6.1 hitless innings from Luke Earnhardt and answered a squandered lead with a three-run eighth to beat Western Carolina, 6-4, Friday evening. 
GAME INFORMATION 

RECORD: Winthrop (22-9) | Western Carolina (19-13) 
WINTHROP LEADERS: Chazz Grossington (2-for-3, 3 RBI) | Alan Benhardt (1-for-3, HR, 2 RBI, walk) | Josh Skowronski (2-for-3, HR, RBI, walk) | Colin Crowley (2-for-4, double) 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
  • McGuire was hit by a pitch and Benhardt walked in the second before Grossington lined a two-run single to right center for a 2-0 lead 
  • Skowronski homered to deep right in the third to push it to 3-0 
  • Earnhardt was dominant on the mound, carrying a no-hitter into the seventh while striking out nine on 100 pitches 
  • Western Carolina finally broke through in the seventh when Quarless walked and scored on a Mason Holton RBI double to cut it to 3-1 
  • The Catamounts tied it in the eighth off Harrison Wilson as Jaylen Jones and Wyatt Stanley singled, a Hernandez error in left allowed one to score and Walker Fox singled home another to knot it at 3-3 
  • Winthrop wasted no time retaking the lead in the bottom of the eighth as Hernandez singled and Benhardt crushed a two-run homer to deep right to make it 5-3 
  • Crowley doubled and Grossington added another RBI single to push the lead to 6-3 
  • Cole Jones led off the ninth with a solo homer off Colby McNeely, but McNeely retired the next three to close it out 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 
  • Earnhardt's 6.1 hitless innings were the longest no-hit bid by a Winthrop pitcher this season, finishing with nine strikeouts on 100 pitches 
  • McNeely earned his fifth win despite allowing the ninth-inning homer, improving to 5-0 on the year 
  • Grossington drove in three with a pair of RBI singles and is hitting .382 over his last 10 games after a slow start to the season 
  • The eighth inning continues to be Winthrop's most productive frame, with the Eagles now having scored 35 runs in the eighth this season 
  • Benhardt's go-ahead two-run homer was the latest in a stretch of timely extra-base hits, who has driven in 10 runs over his last 10 games 
  • McGuire extended his on-base streak to nine games after being hit by a pitch in the second 
ON DECK
The Eagles stay in Rock Hill, for a three-game series against Western Carolina starting on Thursday.

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