Harrogate, Tenn.----The Lincoln Memorial University Railsplitters scored eight runs in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night, rallying for an 11-10 victory over Wingate University in South Atlantic Conference baseball action. LMU improves to 27-17 overall and 18-10 in the SAC, while the Bulldogs fall to 30-14 overall and 20-8 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit LMU 15-14
- The 'Dogs had six of the 10 extra-base hits with the lone homer
- The Railsplitters left eight on base; the Bulldogs stranded seven
- Wingate had two of the three stolen bases
- Lincoln Memorial committed all four errors
- WU pitching struck out eight and walked seven; LMU had six strikeouts and three walks

KEY BULLODGS

- Ben Karpowicz was four-for-five with a double, homer, three RBI and two runs scored
- Gavin Groppuso added a double, two RBI and two runs scored
- Bowen Powell registered a pair of doubles, two RBI and two runs scored
- Jake Courville added a double and drove in a run
- Bradley Hart went two-for-three with three runs scored
- Jalen Evans notched a pair of hits, scoring a run
- Chad Harvey struck out five in six innings of work, allowing three runs
- Carson Morton struck out three in two innings of work

SECOND INNING

- Karpowicz got the 'Dogs on the board with a solo homer to start the second
- Ronny Matti led off the bottom of the frame with a triple, then scored on a CJ Dugan RBI groundout

THIRD INNING

- A Brady Morse sacrifice fly gave the Railsplitters a 2-1 advantage

FOURTH INNING

- Powell led off the WU fourth with a double
- He scored on an LMU error to tie it at two

FIFTH INNING

- Evans led off the inning with a single, then stole second
- Powell's RBI single put the 'Dogs on top 3-2

SIXTH INNING

- A Kevin Fernandez sacrifice fly tied it at three

SEVENTH INNING

- Hart led off the inning with a single
- He scored on Groppuso's RBI double to give Wingate a 4-3 advantage
- Powell followed with an RBI double to add to the lead
- A Karpowicz RBI double pushed the lead to three
- Courville plated Karpowicz when he reached on an error, making it 7-3

EIGHTH INNING

- A hit batter and error put Bulldogs on first and third to start the eighth
- Groppuso's RBI groundout put the 'Dogs on top by five
- Karpowicz added an RBI single to make it 9-3

NINTH INNING

- Two-out singles from Evans and Hart put two on for the 'Dogs
- Evans scored on an LMU error to make it 10-3
- Ayden Jackson led off the bottom of the ninth with a triple, then scored on a Gabe Gray RBI single
- A walk and single loaded the bases
- With the bases loaded, LMU got three straight runs with a hit batter and two walks, making it 10-7
- Dugan then tied it with a three-run double to left
- Jordan ended it with a walk-off RBI single to right

WRAPUP

- Lucas Smith got the win, allowing a run on two hits in an inning of work
- Jett Thomas took the loss, allowing a run on a hit in one-third of an inning, walking two

UP NEXT

- The teams wrap up the three-game series with a doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m.