Freshman Teddy Cillis’ two-out single in the bottom of the 10th lifted UNCW to an 11-10 win over James Madison in the second game of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) baseball tournament on Wednesday at Brooks Field.
In the Seahawk 10th, JMU reliever Mark Gunst (2-8) struck out the first two hitters before Ryan LaGrange singled to begin the rally. A wild pitch moved him to second and Cillis followed with a single to right center to plate LaGrange. Cillis finished with four hits on the day and UNCW senior reliever William Prince (2-0) earned the win, retiring all four batters he faced out of the bullpen.
Both teams combined for 30 hits on the game, each with 15. Leading the Seahawk lineup was senior Drew Farber, who finished with a season-high four hits, while freshman Casey Golden added three. Farber and LaGrange both scored three runs.
JMU senior Ty MacFarland collected four hits and knocked in three runs. Kevin Husum added three hits while Kyle Weston was 2-for-2 and scored three runs.
The Dukes had eight hits with two out and knocked in eight runs with two out, but UNCW outscored the Dukes 7-2 over their final four and one-half innings.
The Seahawks improved to 29-25 with the walk-off win, while the Dukes dropped to 17-35. UNCW advanced to game five of the tournament Friday at 3:30 p.m. against the College of Charleston.
In the nightcap, after falling to Delaware in the tournament opener, junior right-hander Nick Berger tossed a complete-game four-hitter with 10 strikeouts as fifth-seeded Northeastern stayed alive in the CAA Baseball Championship by beating James Madison 3-1 on Wednesday night at Brooks Field.
Thursday’s CAA Tournament schedule
No. 1 William & Mary vs. No. 4 Delaware at noon
No. 3 UNCW vs. No. 2 College of Charleston at 3:30 p.m.
No. 5 Northeastern vs. TBA 7 p.m.
