Box Score RADFORD, Va. – The Presbyterian College baseball team (16-21, Big South: 8-6) nearly completed a dramatic comeback on Friday evening, rallying from a 10-3 deficit to tie the game in the top of the ninth inning. However, Radford (19-19, Big South: 7-7) ultimately walked it off with a three-run homer in the bottom half to secure a 15-12 win in game two of the weekend series. Rhogue Wallace led the Blue Hose at the plate, going 4-for-5 with a career-high four hits and three runs scored.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Wallace got the scoring started early, launching a leadoff home run in the top of the first to give PC a 1-0 advantage.
• Radford responded in the bottom half, plating four runs on four hits and two Blue Hose errors to take a 4-1 lead.
• Both teams added a run in the third inning. Wallace doubled and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Trey Fenderson.
• PC added another in the fourth, as Ryan Ouzts reached on a fielder's choice and came home on an RBI single from Ryan Becker to trim the deficit to 5-3.
• The Highlanders extended their lead with four runs in the bottom of the fourth, including a leadoff homer to make it 9-3.
• A pair of doubles in the fifth pushed Radford into double digits at 10-3.
• Presbyterian erupted for six runs in the sixth inning. Brody Linker singled in a run, Wallace followed with an RBI double, and Aaron Hobson added an RBI single in a pinch-hit appearance. After a pitching change, Amman Dewberry ripped a two-run triple to right center before Jake Randolph capped the inning with a sacrifice fly to bring home Dewberry and make it a 10-9 game.
• Radford countered with a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to push the lead to 12-9.
• In the seventh, Matthew Rollison singled and scored on Connor Bradley's RBI double, bringing PC within two runs.
• After a scoreless eighth inning, the Blue Hose loaded the bases in the ninth. Mikah Conner, pinch running for Jackson Hugus, scored on a sacrifice fly by Nick Smith in his first plate appearance of the game. Wallace followed with his fourth hit of the night, a game-tying RBI single to score Rollison and even the game at 12-12.
• In the bottom of the ninth, Radford's James Ward delivered the decisive blow with a walk-off three-run homer to give the Highlanders the 15-12 win.

 
NOTABLES

• Rhogue Wallace went 4-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs scored, setting a career-high in hits and runs. He recorded his second home run of the season and added two doubles, giving him four on the year. He was intentionally walked in his final plate appearance.
• Amman Dewberry finished 2-for-4 with a double and a triple, now tied for the team lead with two triples on the season.
• Connor Bradley went 2-for-3 with an RBI double—his first extra-base hit as a Blue Hose.
• Michael Marroquin Jr. tossed 2.0 scoreless innings of relief, allowing four hits with no walks or runs.

 
UP NEXT
Presbyterian wraps up the weekend series with Radford on Saturday afternoon. First pitch from Carter Memorial Stadium is set for 1:00 p.m.