Mount Olive, N.C.----The University of Mount Olive scored four times in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the game at eight Tuesday evening, but the visiting Wingate University Bulldogs answered with six runs in the top of the 10th inning en route to a 14-8 victory in NCAA Division II baseball action. Wingate wins its 13th straight game, improving to 19-4 overall, while the Trojans fall to 9-12 on the season.

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit Mount Olive 8-7
- The Trojans had two of the three extra-base hits including the lone homer
- The Bulldogs left 10 on base; UMO stranded six
- The 'Dogs had six of the seven stolen bases
- Mount Olive committed all three errors on the day
- WU pitching struck out eight and walked four; UMO had 12 strikeouts and 13 walks

KEY BULLDOGS

- Jake Courville was three-for-four with three RBI and a run scored
- Tanner McCammon added a double, three RBI and two runs scored
- Gavin Groppuso contributed a hit, two RBI, two stolen bases and two runs scored
- Reed Benamati added a hit, RBI, stolen base and two runs scored
- Bradley Hart and Jordan Dixon each notched an RBI and run scored
- Will Farrell also drove in a run
- Jalen Evans collected a hit, stole three base and scored two runs
- Bowen Powell scored three runs on the day
- Kolt Nelson went 7 1/3 innings, striking out five while allowing four runs
- Jackson Toney tossed a scoreless inning in relief with a strikeout
- Braxton Walker worked a scoreless 10th inning to earn the win, striking out one

FIRST INNING

- An error, Evans single and double-steal from Evans and Groppuso put 'Dogs on second and third
- Powell walked to load the bases
- McCammon drew a bases-loaded walk to get Wingate on the board
- Courville followed with a two-run single to make it 3-0

SECOND INNING

- A Benamati walk started the second
- He scored on Groppuso's RBI single to push the lead to four
- Groppuso then stole third and scored on a wild pitch to make it 5-0

THIRD INNING

- McCammon was hit by a pitch, then moved to second on a Courville walk
- A Benamati sacrifice fly plater McCammon to put the 'Dogs on top 6-0

SIXTH INNING

- Lane McLean's two-run homer got Mount Olive on the board in the sixth

SEVENTH INNING

- Courville got things started with a two-out single, then went to third on a David Sessoms single
- Courville scored on a passed ball to make it 7-2

EIGHTH INNING

- A Dawson Ables two-run single pulled Mount Olive within three

NINTH INNING

- Powell reached on an error to start the ninth
- He scored on Courville's RBI single to make it 8-4
- UMO scored four in the bottom of the frame to tie it
- McLean was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to start the scoring
- A Jakhari Howard two-run double pulled Mount Olive within a run
- Toney induced a double play, but the tying run scored on the play
- He got out of the inning with a strikeout, stranding the winning run on third base

TENTH INNING

- A Hart walk and Benamati single started the 10th inning, with Benamati then stealing second
- Groppuso's sacrifice fly plated Hart to put the 'Dogs back on top
- Evans then drew a walk and stole second, while Powell was intentionally walked to load the bases
- Dixon drew a walk to plate Benamati, making it 10-8
- McCammon followed with a two-run double down the right field line, stretching the lead to four
- Farrell drew a bases-loaded walk to plate Dixon
- Hart's sacrifice fly drove home McCammon, making it 14-8

WRAPUP

- Walker got the win, moving to 2-0 on the year
- He struck out one in a scoreless 10th inning without allowing a hit
- Aidan Bisbano took the loss, allowing two runs on two hits in one-third of an inning

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Friday, opening a three-game SAC home series against Mars Hill at 4 p.m.