Due West, S.C.----The top-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs had their 16-game winning streak come to an end Tuesday afternoon, falling 6-2 at Erskine College in NCAA Division II baseball action. The Bulldogs fall to 11-1 overall, while the Flying Fleet go to 8-4 on the season. The 11-0 start was the best ever by a defending national champion.

KEY STATS

- Each team had seven hits
- The Flying Fleet had the only two extra-base hits of the game
- Each team committed an error
- The Bulldogs left 12 on base; Erskine stranded four
- The Flying Fleet had the only two stolen bases of the contest
- WU pitching struck out six and walked three; EC had 11 strikeouts and five walks

KEY BULLDOGS

- Andrew McKay went three-for-four with an RBI and a run scored
- Andrew Motsinger added a hit and an RBI
- Ricky Clark drew two walks and scored a run
- Brent Walls allowed two runs in four innings of work, striking out four
- Jordan Howard went 1 1/3 innings in relief without allowing a run

THIRD INNING

- An RBI single from Cal Bocchino gave Erskine a 1-0 lead

FOURTH INNING

- McKay started the frame with a single, then moved to second on a walk
- He scored on an RBI single from Motsinger to tie it at one
- A sacrifice fly from Kyle Martin in the bottom of the frame put Erskine back on top

FIFTH INNING

- Clark struck out, but reached first on an error, then went to second on a Jed Bryant single
- McKay's RBI single plated Clark to make it 2-2

SIXTH INNING

- An RBI single from Carlos Rivera put the Flying Fleet back on top
- Ashby Smith's two-run single made it 5-2

SEVENTH INNING

- A Rivera RBI single gave Erskine a four-run lead

WRAPUP

- Zach Overholt got the win, moving to 1-0
- He went 1 2/3 innings without allowing a run, striking out two
- Mitch Farris took the loss, allowing three runs on two hits in 1 1/3 innings

UP NEXT

- Wingate opens SAC play this weekend with three games at Carson-Newman
- Game one is Friday at 2 p.m.; the teams play a doubleheader Saturday at noon