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Winner Lander LU 28-18
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Wingate WU 32-15
Winner
Lander LU
28-18
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Final
12
Wingate WU
32-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Lander LU 3 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 13 19 3
Wingate WU 1 0 1 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 16 4

W: Siffri, Dawson (1-0) L: Jett Thomas (2-1) S: Supple, Dylan (1)

Zohn Wingate Recap
Nick Winegard

Game Recap: Baseball | | Turner Kirby - Director of Athletic Communications

Lander Wins Wild 12-Inning Marathon Over No. 26 Wingate

WINGATE, N.C. - The Lander baseball team erased a four-run deficit and outlasted No. 26 Wingate for a 13-12 win in 12 innings on Tuesday evening at Ron Christopher Stadium, securing its first extra-inning victory of the season.

It marks Lander's third win over a ranked opponent this season, joining victories over No. 17 Belmont Abbey and No. 9 North Georgia.

Lander jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning on a sacrifice fly from Brody Winter and a two-RBI single by Zach Cowart. Wingate answered by loading the bases and drawing a walk to get on the board, but Nolan Alexander entered and escaped the jam with an unassisted double play by Caden Crews.

Riley Hood pushed the lead back to three with an RBI single in the third to make it 4-1.

The Bulldogs responded with seven unanswered runs across the third and fourth innings, including two home runs in the fourth, to take an 8-4 lead.

Lander answered with a three-run fifth to cut the deficit to one. Cooper Backman delivered an RBI single, Crews was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to tie the NCAA all-division single-season record for hit by pitches, and Lowndes Still added an RBI groundout to make it 8-7.

Wingate extended its lead to 10-7 with a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth.

The Bearcats continued to chip away in the sixth as an Oliver Zohn solo homer and a Mason Salisbury sacrifice fly made it a one-run game again.

In the eighth, Hood reached on a single and a throwing error allowed Backman to score, tying the game at 10-10.

Lander regained the lead in the ninth, scoring twice on an error and an RBI single from Salisbury to go in front 12-10.

Wingate answered again in the bottom of the inning with a two-run homer to send the game to extras.

After two scoreless innings, Zohn gave Lander the lead in the 12th with an RBI groundout to make it 13-12.

Dawson Siffri closed it out in the bottom half, working around a leadoff walk to earn his first career win.

Lander will conclude the regular season this weekend with a trip to Florida to face Saint Leo for the first time in program history. The series begins with a doubleheader on Friday at 1 p.m. and concludes Saturday at noon.

The Bearcats will then await their seeding for the Peach Belt Conference Tournament, where they could finish anywhere from second to fourth depending on results around the league this weekend.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play LU WU
LU TOP 1st Brody Winter flied out to rf, SF, RBI (0-1 F); Oliver Zohn advanced to second; Ryan Hansen advanced to third; Lowndes Stil scored. 1 0
LU TOP 1st Zach Cowart singled up the middle, 2 RBI (1-0 B); Oliver Zohn scored; Ryan Hansen scored. 3 0
WU BOT 1st J. Courville walked, RBI (3-1 BFBBB); B. Karpowicz advanced to second; T. McCammon advanced to third; Bowen Powell scored. 3 1
LU TOP 3rd Riley Hood singled to shortstop, advanced to second on a throwing error by 1b (1-0 B); Zach Cowart advanced to third; Brody Winter scored, unearned. 4 1
WU BOT 3rd J. Courville doubled to left field (1-0 B); B. Karpowicz advanced to third, scored on an error by lf, unearned. 4 2
WU BOT 4th Bowen Powell doubled to left center, RBI (3-2 BBBKS); G. Groppuso scored. 4 3
WU BOT 4th B. Karpowicz homered to left center, 3 RBI (0-1 K); T. McCammon scored; Bowen Powell scored. 4 6
WU BOT 4th Jalen Evans homered down the lf line, 2 RBI (0-0); Neil Griffin scored. 4 8
LU TOP 5th Cooper Backm singled to center field, RBI (1-1 BF); Mason Salisb advanced to second; Riley Hood advanced to third; Brody Winter scored. 5 8
LU TOP 5th Caden Crews hit by pitch, RBI (0-0); Cooper Backm advanced to second; Mason Salisb advanced to third; Riley Hood scored. 6 8
LU TOP 5th Lowndes Stil grounded out to p, RBI (1-1 BK); Caden Crews advanced to second; Cooper Backm advanced to third; Mason Salisb scored. 7 8
WU BOT 5th T. McCammon homered to center field, 2 RBI (1-1 BS); Bowen Powell scored. 7 10
LU TOP 6th Oliver Zohn homered to right field, RBI (1-1 BK). 8 10
LU TOP 6th Mason Salisb flied out to rf, SF, RBI (2-0 BB); Zach Cowart advanced to third; Brody Winter scored. 9 10
LU TOP 8th Riley Hood singled to shortstop (2-2 KBFBF); Zach Cowart advanced to third, scored on a throwing error by ss, unearned. 10 10
LU TOP 9th Zach Cowart singled to right field, advanced to second on a throwing error by rf (2-0 BB); Oliver Zohn scored. 11 10
LU TOP 9th Mason Salisb singled to center field, RBI (2-1 BSB); Dalton Strou advanced to third; Zach Cowart scored. 12 10
WU BOT 9th G. Groppuso homered down the rf line, 2 RBI (2-1 BBK); R. Benamati scored, unearned. 12 12
LU TOP 12th Oliver Zohn grounded out to 2b, RBI (2-2 KBFFB); Lowndes Stil advanced to second; Caden Crews scored. 13 12

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