The senior righty -- playing in possibly his last collegiate game -- had walked the bases loaded in the top of the fourth with one out and the Seahawks holding a tenuous 1-0 lead. After getting behind Winthrop's Mitch Saum on a 2-0 count, skipper Mark Scalf had seen enough and inserted junior Zach Booker in relief.

Sutton's bizarro line: 3.1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K, 6 BB, 1 WP

The Kinston, N.C., native is the pitcher of record should a) UNC Wilmington's one-run lead hold up, and b) the official scorer decide to award him the decision, as Sutton did not pitch a full five innings.

Booker would finish Saum with three strikes for the second out. Then, after Tyler Houston worked a full count, the Eagles centerfielder appeared to take ball four and started down to first base. When UNCW catcher Chris Hatcher appealed third-base umpire Mike Morris, the pitch was ruled strike three -- and an irate Houston was subsequently ejected from the game.

Joe Hudak argued the call with home-plate umpire Chris Coskey for close to five minutes, as UNC Wilmington fans called for the Winthrop coach's ejection.