SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford baseball team was locked in a tight battle with Winthrop early Wednesday evening at Russell C. King Field, but the Terriers plated four runs in the fourth and never looked back en route to a 12-3 midweek win. Wofford improves to 22-12 as the Eagles fall to 18-17.
 
Sheldon Egger (2-1) earned the win as the starter after pitching 5.0 innings with three runs (two earned) allowed on seven hits and one walk. He struck out five to match his career best. Grant Comstock tossed a scoreless inning with no hits and just a walk allowed. Michael Sills (2) picked up the save after polishing off the final 3.0 frames with no runs surrendered and just one hit given up. Sills punched out a career-high-tying seven batters, including each of the first five he faced out of the bullpen.
 
"Sheldon and Comstock did really well," said Sills. "With the offense putting up 10 runs like they did, it's easy to go out there with confidence and throw a bunch of strikes."
 
Seven different Eagles toed the rubber in the contest with starter Mason Tompkins (1-1) suffering the loss. He allowed five runs on three hits and one walk.
 
The Terriers outhit the Eagles 11-8, and Wofford worked seven walks at the dish with Winthrop getting just two. Ryan Wynn and James Layman each boasted three-hit outings with Layman reaching base five total times as he added a walk and hit-by-pitch. Layman drove home three runs with Wynn adding one. Andrew Mannelly posted a two-hit affair with five RBI to match his career high. Raul Feliz added an RBI on a double, and Tanner Hardin also drove home a run. Layman, Mannelly, and Wynn each added a double with Mannelly clubbing a home run.
 
"I just try to stay true to myself and play my game, hit low stingers and find a way to first base," said Layman.
 
"It was awesome," added Mannelly. "I was trying to see balls in my spot and hit them hard, and they fell today."
 
Wofford swiped six bases with Tyler Bak notching half of them. Wynn added two as Ethan Belk picked up one.
 
The game opened with Winthrop taking a 2-0 lead in the top of the first after a two-run double.
 
In the bottom of the second, the Terriers responded with two runs of their own to tie the contest. After James Layman worked a one-out walk, Andrew Mannelly lifted a 371-foot round-tripper to right field, tying the game at 2-2.
 
An RBI groundout in the top of the third pushed Winthrop back in front 3-2.
 
In the bottom of the fourth, the pendulum swung one final time in favor of Wofford. A single and hit batsman put two runners on for Layman, who singled both home through the left side. Later in the frame with runners on the corners, Raul Feliz lifted an RBI double over the left fielder's head, and Tanner Hardin's RBI single followed to cap a four-run frame for a 6-3 lead.
 
It was all Terriers from there as Wofford scored the final 10 runs of the game. This included a three-run fifth that saw another RBI single from Layman. Mannelly picked up two more RBI right after with a two-run double into the right center gap for a 9-3 lead.
 
Wofford tacked on another in the sixth with a Wynn RBI single, reaching the 10-run threshold. After a quiet seventh, Wofford pushed across two more in the eighth. A double steal play saw Tyler Bak come home, capping a run in which he stole second, third, and home in the same trip around the bases. Later in the frame, Mannelly accrued his fifth RBI with a groundout that plated Wynn. The Terriers led 12-3.
 
The margin remained there as Michael Sills closed out the final frame, capping the contest with a strikeout.
 
Wofford hits the road this weekend for a SoCon clash in Greensboro, North Carolina. The three-game set against UNCG begins on Friday, April 11, at 6:00 p.m.