ROCK HILL, S.C. – The University of Pennsylvania baseball program rounded out its southern swing with a 13-5 victory over Winthrop to secure the series win. Penn finishes its spring break trip with a 4-4 record and series wins over Duke and Winthrop.
 
NOTES
*The Quakers hit a season-high 19 hits against Winthrop and tied their season best tally of 13 runs. The last time Penn had 19 hits in a game was a 16-5 win over Cornell on April 24, 2016.
 
*Penn hit six doubles on the day, the most hit in a game since the series opener against Cornell on April 21, 2018.
 
*Josh Hood had a career day in the series finale with Winthrop. The freshmen went 5-6 with three RBI and was just a home run shy of the cycle.
 
*Freshman Craig Larsen smacked his first career home run with a two-run shot to put Penn up 4-1. He added a third RBI with a double down the left field line.
 
*Sean Phelan and Peter Matt lead the team with 13 hits each. Phelan went 3-5 today with a pair of doubles and two RBI while Matt went 3-6 with one run scored.
 
*Mitchell Holcomb tallied his first win of the season. He pitched seven frames with five strikeouts and surrendered just one run.
 
*Robby Cerulle has been lights out for the Quakers this season. Today, he pitched one and a third innings in relief, allowing two hits and zero runs. Cerulle has yet to allow a run in any of his three appearances this season.
 
*Andrew Hernandez tallied his first collegiate RBI on a foul out to deep right field which plated Larsen.
 
*Kevin Thomas was subbed in as Penn's designated hitter late in the game. He got a hit and an RBI in his second and final at bat of the day with a single past the shortstop which scored Larsen.
 
*Tommy Courtney and Matt both extended their hitting streaks to eight games after Penn's win against Winthrop.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Penn got its offense going early and opened the scoring in the second inning. Hood reached base on a single to left field, and Hernandez took a pitch to the back. An error by the Winthrop first baseman allowed Hood to round third and score.
 
Winthrop responded in the bottom of the frame with an RBI single to center.
 
Penn regained the lead in the third. Phelan got things going with a leadoff single. Matt O'Neill brought his fellow captain around the bases with a double deep into center field. Larsen then extended Penn's lead with his first collegiate home run—a two run shot far over the left field wall.
 
The Quakers' bats kept it going in the fourth. O'Neill reached base on a walk and was plated after Larsen doubled down the left field line. On the following at bat, Hood doubled to right center bringing Larsen around third to score.
 
Holcomb retired the Eagles' side in the bottom of the frame and Penn's bats stayed hot in the fifth. Courtney led the Quakers off with a single and Matt reached first on a bunt, with the Winthrop third baseman unable to make the throw.
 
Malinowski singled into left field, plating Courtney, and Phelan cleaned the bases with a two RBI double to center field.
 
O'Neill walked and McGeagh singled to load the bases. Larsen hit into a fielder's choice, but Hood singled to right and plated McGeagh and O'Neill. Hernandez capped off the six-run inning for Penn with a foul out to the right fielder, allowing Larsen to tag and score.
 
Penn allowed Winthrop to score four in the bottom of the eighth after five consecutive scoreless innings.
 
The Quakers added one more insurance run in the ninth. Larsen got it started with a double to right center and advanced to third after a Hood single. Thomas got his first career RBI with a single to left field, allowing Larsen to score.
 
Cerulle shut down Winthrop in the bottom of the frame, forcing a 5-4-3 double play and a ground out to second.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
Penn keeps things rolling as the Quakers travel to Diamond Nation in Flemington, N.J. for a midweek game against Lafayette.