The First Pitch:
•   Longwood wraps up a four-game homestand this weekend by hosting Winthrop at Buddy Bolding Stadium.
•   Friday's game will have baseball bingo, and it is faculty/staff appreciation day. Pippy's Dog House will be there as well.
•   Saturday's game will be Senior Day for the baseball team, and Sunday will be Youth Day.
•   The Press Club food truck will also be there Saturday and Sunday, and Ice Cream Delight will be at the field on Sunday.
•   Longwood takes on a Winthrop side that is part of a four-way tie for third in the Big South.
•   The Lancers lead the Big South in stolen bases with 113, and the team is seventh in the nation. Three players have at least 15 for Longwood.
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Previous Game
•   Longwood fell in a Commonwealth Clash 7-1 on Tuesday at Buddy Bolding Stadium.
•   The game was much closer than the final, with the score locked at 3-1 through seven innings.
•   Longwood's pitching staff was solid in the first seven innings, limiting the big moments for a high-powered Richmond offense.
Kyle Miller,
Alek Elges and
Isaiah Brewington tossed scoreless relief innings in the middle of the game.
•   Richmond scored three unearned runs in the second inning after back-to-back Lancer errors, but the Lancer bullpen kept it there.
•   On offense,
Mikey Urbaniak had two hits and reached base safely four times in the matchup for the Lancers.
•   Ultimately, Richmond added four runs in the last two innings to close it out.
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Around The Bases:
•   Longwood has three conference series left this season, with Winthrop, USC Upstate and Radford on the docket.
•   The Lancers are four games back from a playoff spot as the top six teams advance to the Big South Tournament.
•   Longwood's offense has been effective in Big South play this season, with a team batting average of .302 that ranks fourth in the league compared to an overall batting average of .255.
•   The Lancers are fourth in the league in runs scored in Big South play, with 130, and seventh in runs scored overall at 261.
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Mikey Urbaniak ranks fifth in the league in runs scored in Big South play with 21, and Tre Keels (20) and
James Nelson (18) are right behind him at sixth and seventh.
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James Nelson is tied for fifth in the league in hits in Big South play with 23.
•   On the season, Nelson has 15 doubles, which is second in the Big South, and the Lancers are fourth in doubles with 78.
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James Nelson ranks second on the entire season with 15 doubles for the Lancers. He is three away from breaking into the top five in program history for doubles in a season.
•   Tre Keels leads the league on the season with 28 stolen bases, and he ranks 13th nationally in steals.
•   The Lancers are fifth in the league on the season with a .385 on-base percentage, and that number jumps to .436 in Big South play, which ranks third in the league.
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Jae'dan Carter is third in the league in walks (37), and
Mikey Urbaniak is fourth (33).
•   Longwood is third in the league in walks drawn with 207.
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SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Record vs. WUÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 9-24
Under Coach Noe                                                    0-0
Current Streak                                                           L1
First Meeting                           L 6-5 (10) on 5/17/2005
Last Meeting                                   L 9-5 on 3/17/2024
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•   Longwood and Winthrop meet for a three-game series after Winthrop took two of three from the Lancers last season in Rock Hill.
•   Winthrop has won the past seven series against Longwood.
•   Longwood's last series win came in 2016, with the Lancers winning the first two games to take the series.
•   Last season, Winthrop and Longwood split a doubleheader in Farmville before Winthrop took the series finale 9-5.
STATS COMPARISON
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2025 Record                                   10-31                  22-21
Conference                                       4-11                      8-7
Batting Average                                .256                    .285
    Opp. Batting Average                  .329                    .295
Hits                                                     332                     412
    Hits allowed                                  469                     442
Runs                                                  261                     347
    Opposing runs                              434                     320
Runs per game                                   6.4                      8.1
Doubles                                                78                       86
    Opposing doubles                           92                       98
Triples                                                  11                       10
    Opposing triples                              12                         7
Home Runs                                          23                       36
    Opposing home runs                      59                       58
RBIÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 225Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 311
OBPÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â .386Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â .410
SLGÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â .386Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â .432
SB-ATTÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 113-135Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 44-62
    Opposing SB-ATT                     66-82                  50-66
Walks drawn                                      207                     212
    Walks Allowed                              236                     160
Strikeouts                                           379                     307
    Opposing Strikeouts                     294                     354
Earned run average                          9.42                    6.68
Innings pitched                                  341                  374.1
Earned runs allowed                          357                     278
FLD%Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â .956Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â .962
Errors                                                   64                       60
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