HIGH POINT, N.C. – Despite getting off to a great start, the Winthrop baseball program fell to High Point in their Big South Conference opener on Friday.
 
The Eagles are 5-15 (0-1 Big South) overall.
 
KEY CONTRIBUTORS
Khyree Miller (3-3, 2B, BB)
Ty Hooks (1-3, 2B, 1 R, RBI)
Jack Spyke (1-4, HR, 1 R, 2 RBI)
 
W: Carter Sheppard (2-2)
L: Garrett Gainey (2-1)
S: Everett Vaughan (3)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Winthrop got off to a fast start in the top of the first inning
• After a Hunter Christopher single, Ty Hooks doubled to bring him in for the first run of the game
• After a wild pitch saw Hooks advance to third, Joseph Szvetitz singled him home for a 2-0 lead
• Jack Spyke then homered a couple pitches later to give the Eagles a four-run advantage
• High Point got a run back in the bottom of the frame on an RBI double
• Neither team scored again until High Point notched a two-run home run in the fourth to get within one run
• In the bottom of the next frame, a solo home run helped the Panthers tied the score
• After a scoreless sixth, High Point took the lead in the seventh on an RBI single
• The Eagles had runners on second and third with two outs in the ninth inning, but were unable to get them home

ON DECK
Winthrop takes on High Point in game two of the series tomorrow at 6 p.m.