Eagles Fall To Gamecocks Tuesday Night, 12-4

COLUMBIA, SC – Winthrop’s pitching staff struggled, giving up seven solo home runs in its 12-4 loss to South Carolina Wednesday night.

GAME INFORMATION
RECORDS: Winthrop (1-3) | South Carolina (4-0)
WINTHROP LEADERS: Andrew Jenner (2-for-4), Spencer Yankle (2-for-4)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• South Carolina scored first in the bottom of the second inning, taking a 1-0 lead off a double off the bat of Jeff Heinrich that scored Josiah Sightler who reached on an error earlier in the inning.
• Eagles left Tyler Baker stranded in the top of the third.
• Wes Clarke and Joshiah Sightler both went yard off Macklin Ohs with solo shots in the bottom of the third, taking a 3-0 lead.
• Pitcher Magdiel Cotto, who came in in relief for Will Sanders, walked Scout McFalls and Spencer Yankle in back-to-back at-bats giving Winthrop two early baserunners.
• Dillon Morton singled to left, scoring McFalls, getting the Eagles on the board, 3-1 in the fourth.
• Morton would advance on a passed ball that scored Yankle to bring Winthrop within one, 3-2.
• Pitcher Jack Mahoney would sit Jonathan Strauss, Hunter Christopher and Joey Tepper down to end the fourth inning.
• Garrett Gainey comes in in relief for the bottom of the fourth and sits the Gamecocks down 1, 2, 3.
• Tyler Baker and Joe McNamara went down in order, before Andrew Jenner singled to get on base.
• Yankle would reach first on a fielder’s choice and advance to second on an error, Jenner scores to tie the game at three apiece.
• In the Gamecocks half of the fifth, they put up three runs. Braylen Wimmer led off with a double to right field, Wes Clarke walked before David Mendham reached on a fielder’s choice and Wimmer scored on the error.
• Josiah Sightler singled, scoring Clarke, before Jeff Heinrich singled to left, scoring Mendham.
• The seventh inning looked promising for the Eagles who had bases loaded with one out.
• Dillon Morton grounded out, scoring Joe McNamara to make it a 8-4 game in favor of the Gamecocks.
• Colten Rendon came in to pitch the eighth and gave up back-to-back-to-back solo home runs to Braylen Wimmer, Wes Clarke and David Mendham to take a 12-4 lead over the Eagles.
• Jason Crumley came in in relief and gave up a solo of his own before striking out Jalen Vasquez and getting Michael Robinson to ground out.
• Winthrop went down in order to end the game.

ON DECK
The Eagles will host Towson for a three-game series Feb. 26-27. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. on Friday, with Game 1 of the double-header on Saturday set to begin at 1 p.m.