Jefferson City, Tenn. — The third-ranked Catawba College baseball team overcame an early four-run deficit and won in the tenth inning in their series opener at Carson-Newman on Friday.

TEAM STATISTICS

- Catawba out-hit Carson-Newman 14-13

- The Catawba Indians hit the lone homer and five of seven extra-base hits

- The Eagles recorded each of the four stolen bases in the game

- Catawba's pitchers allowed five runs on 13 hits and one walk, striking out five; C-N's staff allowed six runs on 14 hits and five walks, striking out eight

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Matthew Connolly had two hits, including a key three-run homer

- Sam Hunter was 2-for-5 with a double, two RBI and a run scored

- Ty Hubbard added two hits including a double; Jake Dunlap tallied three hits

- Seth Sharpe earned the win, tossing three innings with one run allowed on two hits, striking out two

- Joe Burleyson matched the SAC lead with his fifth save of the season, closing the door in four batters

HOW IT HAPPENED

SECOND INNING

- A leadoff double followed by a single put runners on the corners with nobody out for the Eagles in the second

- Ryan Bolton's RBI single gave Carson-Newman the early lead

- Braxton Smith's RBI sac fly put the Eagles ahead 2-0

THIRD INNING

- Two singles and a double steal allowed Aiden Gibson to come through with a two-out, two-run single to put the Eagles in front 4-0

FIFTH INNING

- Hunter's two-out infield single scored Hubbard to get Catawba on the board in the fifth

SEVENTH INNING

- Brandon Crabtree doubled with one out in the seventh; Hunter traded places with him with a run-producing double of his own to cut the deficit to 4-2

- Atkins singled before Connolly launched his fifth homer of the season to take the lead 5-4

EIGHTH INNING

- Sebastian Rodriguez doubled to lead off the eighth for Carson-Newman

- Aiden Gibson drove in the tying run on a single to center field

TENTTH INNING

- Hubbard flipped a double the other way to lead off the tenth

- Two intentional walks moved the go-ahead run up to third base; Hubbard scored on a wild pitch before a second runner was thrown out

- Carson-Newman got a two-out single in the bottom half, but Burleyson produced the final out for Catawba's 15th win of the year

UP NEXT

- Catawba and Carson-Newman square off twice more on Saturday; game one is set for a noon first pitch