Baseball wins conference opener, completes sweep
Steven Bowers
Issue date: 3/12/09 Section: Sports
HIGH POINT, N.C. - The Winthrop baseball team defeated the High Point Panthers 4-3 Friday, March 6, opening the Big-South season with a win and moving their overall record to 8-2.
The Panthers took a 1-0 lead in the second inning and were threatening to add more to it when freshman Charles Crane nailed a runner at the plate from right field.
The Eagles took the lead in the third inning with consecutive doubles from freshman Garrett Koster and senior Bryn Henderson.
Henderson then came home on junior Kevin Nolan's base hit to center field.
In the fifth inning, Winthrop tallied two more scores when Henderson and senior Eddie Tisdale came in on yet another RBI single from Nolan.
Nolan went 3-for-4 with three RBIs to atone for two errors in the field that resulted in runs scored for the Panthers.
Tisdale and Henderson each had two hits.
Freshman Tyler Mizenko earned his first collegiate save by pitching the ninth inning for the Eagles.
Mizenko pitched into and got out of a jam in the ninth after allowing back-to-back base hits to begin the inning.
Mizenko then induced a double-play grounder and a little squibber in front of the plate that junior catcher John Murrian fielded to ice the game.
Sophomore pitcher Dom Patterozzi struck out eight and walked nobody, while giving up only two runs in seven-plus innings to earn the mound victory.
Winthrop coach Joe Hudak was pleased with the win.
"It is a good way to start conference play with this victory," Hudak said. "It may be only one game, but it is a big one."
The team got out the brooms and finished off a conference-season-opening three-game sweep at High Point Sunday with an 8-4 win. The Eagles are now 10-2 overall with the win.
Winthrop wasted little time getting in the scoring column when senior Eddie Tisdale came home on fellow-junior John Murrian's sacrifice fly for a 1-0 first inning lead. Hot-hitting junior Kevin Nolan had doubled Tisdale into scoring position.
The Panthers took a 1-0 lead in the second inning and were threatening to add more to it when freshman Charles Crane nailed a runner at the plate from right field.
The Eagles took the lead in the third inning with consecutive doubles from freshman Garrett Koster and senior Bryn Henderson.
Henderson then came home on junior Kevin Nolan's base hit to center field.
In the fifth inning, Winthrop tallied two more scores when Henderson and senior Eddie Tisdale came in on yet another RBI single from Nolan.
Nolan went 3-for-4 with three RBIs to atone for two errors in the field that resulted in runs scored for the Panthers.
Tisdale and Henderson each had two hits.
Freshman Tyler Mizenko earned his first collegiate save by pitching the ninth inning for the Eagles.
Mizenko pitched into and got out of a jam in the ninth after allowing back-to-back base hits to begin the inning.
Mizenko then induced a double-play grounder and a little squibber in front of the plate that junior catcher John Murrian fielded to ice the game.
Sophomore pitcher Dom Patterozzi struck out eight and walked nobody, while giving up only two runs in seven-plus innings to earn the mound victory.
Winthrop coach Joe Hudak was pleased with the win.
"It is a good way to start conference play with this victory," Hudak said. "It may be only one game, but it is a big one."
The team got out the brooms and finished off a conference-season-opening three-game sweep at High Point Sunday with an 8-4 win. The Eagles are now 10-2 overall with the win.
Winthrop wasted little time getting in the scoring column when senior Eddie Tisdale came home on fellow-junior John Murrian's sacrifice fly for a 1-0 first inning lead. Hot-hitting junior Kevin Nolan had doubled Tisdale into scoring position.
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