Baseball players in action.
Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop opened Big South play by splitting a doubleheader with Longwood by final scores of 9-4 and 10-6 on Saturday afternoon. Winthrop moves to 7-10 overall and 1-1 in conference action on the season.
Anthony Ruocco (2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI)
Harrison Wilson (2-2, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR)
Abe Affholter (1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI)
Nicholas Badillo (1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR)
Riley Huge (6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 14 SO)
W: Riley Huge (4-1)
L: Ethan Walker (1-1)
The Lancers struck first in the second inning on Matt Stevenson’s RBI groundout, scoring Noah Campanelli. Winthrop answered with four runs in the bottom of the third, highlighted by RBI singles from Anthony Ruocco and Alan Benhardt. In the fourth, Harrison Wilson clobbered one to left field to up the lead to four. The Eagles proceeded to load the bases in their half of the inning with no one out and tied the game on Nicholas Badillo’s sac fly to center field, scoring Anthony Ruocco. The game remained tied until the ninth inning when four runs won the second contest for the visiting Lancers.
Alan Benhardt (3-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B)
Jaylen Hernandez (1-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B)
W: Ried Dittner (1-1)
L: Parker Kruglewicz (0-2)
Hayden Harris came home to score while teammate Noah Campanelli stole second to start the second game. The Eagles began to battle back in the bottom of the sixth with the highlight of the frame being a two-run RBI double to left center field by Jaylen Hernandez. The game remained tied until the ninth inning when four runs won the second contest for the visiting Lancers.
Riley Huge is the first Winthrop pitcher to record 10 or more strikeouts in four of the first five starts to a season since Heath Rollins had four in his first five starts in 2006.
Winthrop hosts Longwood tomorrow in the final game of the series. First pitch will be at 1 p.m. on ESPN+.
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