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Wingate University Athletics

Ed Cottingham
3
Wingate WU 13-6
5
Winner Tusculum TC 11-6
Wingate WU
13-6
3
Final
5
Tusculum TC
11-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wingate WU 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 6 1
Tusculum TC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 X 5 9 3

W: Michael Scott (2-1) L: Brown, Tyler (3-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Pioneers use four-run eighth to rally past Bulldogs Sunday

Greeneville, Tenn.----The Tusculum College Pioneers scored four times in the bottom of the eighth inning Sunday afternoon, rallying for a 5-3 victory over visiting Wingate University in South Atlantic Conference baseball action. Tusculum finishes off the weekend sweep, improving to 11-6 overall and 9-3 in the SAC. The Bulldogs fall to 13-6 overall and 9-6 in the conference.

Chris Waylock went two-for-three with two RBI to lead the Tusculum attack. Jim Tolle went one-for-one with an RBI and a run scored, while Travis Winnon also drove in a run.

Sophomore infielder Shane Billings (Kernersville, N.C.) was one-for-three with a homer to lead the Wingate attack. Senior outfielder Thomas Spitz (West Chester, Pa.) added a double, while senior infielder Blake Prince (Cutler Bay, Fla.) had a pair of hits for the Bulldogs.

Tusculum took a 1-0 lead in the third, loading the bases with an error and back-to-back bunt singles. The Pioneers scored as Wingate turned a double play to make it 1-0.

The Bulldogs tied the game in the sixth when Billings led off the frame with a solo shot to left center, making it 1-1. Wingate took the lead in the seventh when an error, hit batsman and sacrifice put runners on second and third with one out. A wild pitch allowed sophomore Colby Barnette (Monroe, N.C.) to score, making it 2-1.

The Pioneers answered with a four-run eighth inning. Tolle's pinch-hit RBI single tied the game at two, while Waylock followed with a two-run single to put Tusculum on top. A sacrifice fly from Winnon gave the Pioneers a 5-2 lead.

Wingate scored a run in the ninth when Brad Cherry (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) singled, then scored when Prince's single was mis-handled in the outfield, making the final score 5-3.

Michael Scott got the win, tossing three innings in relief, allowing a run on a hit while striking out two. Junior right-hander Tyler Brown (Suffolk, Va.) took the loss, falling to 3-2. He allowed four runs on four hits in 1 2/3 innings. Freshman left-hander Kory Behenna (Bahama, N.C.) went 5 2/3 innings, allowing one unearned run on five hits while striking out three.

Wingate is back in action Tuesday, hosting Shippensburg at 12 p.m. 
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