University of St. Mary held off a comeback from Benedictine Baseball on Wednesday as the Ravens closed out their home schedule.
After Benedictine battled back with a 4-run fifth inning to tie the game at 6, USM answered with a 2-run sixth inning and then added two more in the eighth and ninth to earn a 10-8 win.
After Brice Martin tripled to open up the game for Benedictine, Carson Hintz singled him in to give Benedictine 1-0 lead. The Spires scored 4 unanswered to take a 4-1 lead before Hintz scored Liam Annand on a sac-fly.
The fifth-inning comeback started when Martin scored on a wild pitch. JK Sparked doubled in Korey Messick and Hintz before Daniel Ornelas singled in courtesy running Jackson Stone.
Zachary Tillman drove in Stone in the seventh to make it 9-7 USM and then Messick hit a solo home run in the eighth to pull the Ravens back within a run.
The Ravens used six pitchers in the loss. Ethan Cox earned the start, throwing 2 innings. Cox gave up 4 runs off 5 hits before Nolan Haas, Evan DeMint, Johnny Andrews, Ethan Arnold and Ryan Jackson finished off the game. Andrews suffered the loss, giving up the go-ahead run during his 1 inning of work.
Martin finished the game going 4 for 5 with 2 runs. Hintz, Messick, Sparks and Ornelas each finished with 2 hits.
Benedictine finishes off the regular season on Friday and Saturday with a four-game series in Fayette, Mo., against Central Methodist University. First pitch on both days is scheduled for 1 p.m.
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