Big South baseball regular season title in Winthrop’s sights

The Winthrop Baseball team will finish its regular season at Radford with a three-game series starting on Thursday at 6:30 pm at Radford Baseball Stadium.

Winthrop can claim the Big South Conference regular season title if it wins all three games. The Eagles can also be crowned regular season champs if they win two games from Radford and Liberty takes one game against Presbyterian College.

The Eagles’ second contest against Radford will be broadcast on ESPN3 Friday at 7 p.m. and they will finish the series Saturday beginning at 2 p.m.

Senior Anthony Paulsen leads the team with a .353 batting average with 66 hits, 13 doubles, 25 RBI, and 32 runs scored. Paulsen enters the game with a 17 game-hitting streak and a 31-game reached on base streak.

Nate Pawelczyk has been doing equally dominant work for the Eagles on the mound. The sophomore weekend starter is 7-2 with a 2.32 ERA and opponents are hitting just .191 against him.

This story was originally published May 17, 2017 at 2:55 PM with the headline "Big South baseball regular season title in Winthrop’s sights."