Salisbury, N.C. —- Down to the last out of the game, Catawba College junior Matthew Connolly drove in Catawba's only two runs of the game to deliver a dramatic walk-off win and move the Catawba Indians to a win away from the South Atlantic Conference championship series.

TEAM STATISTICS

- Lincoln Memorial out-hit Catawba 9-6

- The Railsplitters recorded the lone extra-base hit of the game

- Both teams committed an error

- Both teams left five runners on base

- The Catawba Indians had all three stolen bases in the game

- Catawba's pitchers allowed one run on nine hits and two walks, striking out 10; LMU's staff allowed two runs on six hits and four walks, striking out 10

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Seth Sharpe earned the win in relief, retiring all five batters he faced; four of them via strikeout

- Casey Gouge turned in a quality start – 7.1 innings with one run allowed, scattering nine hits with six strikeouts

- Connolly was 2-for-4 with the game-winning two RBI

- Sam Hunter singled, stole a base and scored the tying run

- Jake Dunlap singled, walked, stole a base and scored the winning run

HOW IT HAPPENED

FOURTH INNING

- LMU's Caleb Jordan singled to center and advanced to second on a fielding error

- Another single moved him up to third, where he scored on Ronny Matti's two-out single to left field

NINTH INNING

- Hunter led off the ninth with an opposite-field single

- He stole second and moved to third on an error

- Dunlap walked and stole second, but a strikeout brought LMU to within an out of the win

- Nathan Chrismon was intentionally walked to load the bases

- Connolly came through with a single through the left side; Hunter tied the game and Dunlap wheeled around for the game's winning score

UP NEXT

- Catawba faces the winner of Coker and Lincoln Memorial at 1 p.m. on Sunday with a victory in one of two games advancing them to the SAC Championship Series next weekend