BOX SCORE

Rock Hill, SC – Winthrop (6-0) garnered a hard-fought 10-4 victory over Wagner (0-2) in the second game of the Coca Cola Classic at Winthrop Stadium.

Winthrop struck for two first-inning runs to take a 2-0 lead. Eddie Tisdale drew a one-out walk. He moved to third on a Kevin Nolan double. John Murrian brought Tisdale home with a sacrifice fly before Eddie Rohan completed the scoring with a RBI double.

Wagner would threaten in the top of the second as junior Joe Conforti (Staten Island, NY / Farrell) and sophomore Seth Boyd (Perth Amboy, NJ / Perth Amboy) each drew two-out walks but were stranded.

The Seahawks finally dented the scoreboard in the top of the third. Junior Vin Avella (Matawan, NJ / CBA) walked with one out. Sophomore Matt Logan (Wall, NJ / Wall) plated Avella with a double to deep left, cutting the deficit to 2-1. Logan moved over to third on a ground out before sophomore Jon Lucas (Hackettstown, NJ / Hackettstown) drew a two-out walk, Wagner's fourth of the game, while chasing Winthrop starter RHP Matteo D'Angelo after just 2.2 innings of work. Lucas was then thrown out trying to steal thus ending the Seahawk rally.

After yielding two first-inning runs, Wagner starter senior RHP Andy Wells (Staten Island, NY / St. Peter's) calmed down and not allow any runs over the next four frames while striking out five during that time and walking just one.

The Seahawks would threaten again in the fifth inning but stranded runners at second and third.

In the bottom of the sixth, Rohan made it 3-1 Winthrop with a solo home run to left. After yielding a pair of base-runners, Wells was relieved by sophomore Ian Karlsson (Brooklyn, NY / Xaverian). Both Eagle runners would eventually cross the plate, extending the Winthrop lead to 5-1.

Down but not out, Boyd and sophomore Brian Martutartus (Carlsbad, CA / La Costa Canyon) each singled to lead off the top of the seventh. Csakai reached on a fielder's choice while moving Boyd to third, before stealing second. After striking out the dangerous Avella, Winthrop reliever RHP Robert Lake was lifted after 4.0 innings of relief. Boyd scored on a passed ball before pinch-hitter Jack Rice (Middlesex, NJ / Immaculata) drove in Csakai with a base-hit to left field, cutting the lead to 5-3. Classmate Joe Jamison (West Caldwell, NJ / James Caldwell) followed with a single, moving pinch-runner Jared Gruccio (Landisville, NJ / Buena Regional) to second and chasing Dane Yoder. Tyler Mizenko entered and struck out pinch-hitter MJ Dugan (So., Mountainside, NJ / Governor Livingston), ending the Wagner rally.

Winthrop immediately answered with four runs on five hits to take its largest lead of the game at 9-3.

The Green & White would get one of those runs back in the top of the eighth as Martutartus scored Conforti from second with a two-out single to right field.

The Eagles tacked on one in the eighth to provide the final 10-4 margin.

10 different Seahawks recorded hits led by Martutartus, who went 2-4 with a RBI. Csakai also swiped his first two bases of the year and now has 56 for his career, moving past 2006 graduate Nick Papa for third place on the all-time Wagner annals.

Despite a constant rain, Wells (0-1) hurled 5.0 innings. The hard-throwing right hander also struck out five while yielding five runs on six hits.

Nolan went 4-4 with three runs while Rohan was 4-5 with a home run and three RBI to lead the Eagles. Lake struck out three and yielded two runs over 4.0 innings of relief while improving to 2-0 on the season.

The two teams will square off again tomorrow at 3:30 pm.