AUBURNDALE, FL - The Benedictine University baseball team won a season high fourth in a row with a walk-off decision over Lawrence University.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 9, Lawrence 8

THE DETAILS
• Sam Kerr, who entered the game defensively in the top of the ninth, won the contest with a double down the left field line, bringing home Jack Feeley
• The rally was necessary after failing to hold leads of 5-1 and 8-6
• Both teams scored in the first inning
• Playing as the home team, Jack Feeley led off the bottom of the first with a triple and scored on a groundout from Chayancze Stirbis
• Benedictine was able to score four times in the third
• Nicholas Quick led off with a walk and Feeley was hit by a pitch with one away
• Jimmy McLaughlin singled to load the bases for Sitrbis, who delivered a two-run single through the left side
• Lawrence responded quickly with a run in the fourth and tied the game with three runs in the fifth before taking the lead in the sixth
• Dom DeMicco opened the bottom of the sixth with a walk and Andrew Hotze singled
• Following an error, Erik Callaghan doubled home two runs to put Benedictine ahead again
• With one-out Nick Severino lifted a sacrifice fly to further the edge to score Callaghan
• Lawrence tied the game with two runs in the eighth and left two on in the ninth before the heroics
• The win ensured that Benedictine will leave Florida with a winning record overall and on the spring trip

STAT LEADERS
• Benedictine banged out 12 hits
• Feeley finished 4-for-4 out of the leadoff slot
• Stirbis notched three RBIs while Callaghan collecting two
• Hotze also posted a multi-hit performance with two
• James Wright started on the mound, working four innings
• Marty Maves earned the win in relief with 1.1 frames
• Jacob Trumpis and Will Diessner also appeared out of the bullpen

UP NEXT
Benedictine (7-5) closes the tip with a date on Sunday against Saint Joseph's College of Maine, who is receiving votes in the D3baseball.com Top 25