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Tommy Kraus scores winning run
Tommy Kraus and his teammates celebrate after scoring the winning run in Game One.
9
Findlay UF 3-4
10
Winner Rockhurst RU 7-4
Findlay UF
3-4
9
Final
10
Rockhurst RU
7-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Findlay UF 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 9 14 1
Rockhurst RU 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 4 10 16 1

W: Medlin, Clayton (2-0) L: J. Jacobs (0-1)

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Rockhurst RU 7-5
8
Winner Findlay UF 4-4
Rockhurst RU
7-5
7
Final
8
Findlay UF
4-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Rockhurst RU 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 7 5 0
Findlay UF 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 8 7 3

W: G. Bailey (1-0) L: July, CJ (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Four-run rally lifts Hawks past Findlay, 10-9

Rockhurst scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to rally for a 10-9 victory over Findlay in the first game of a doubleheader in the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational Monday in Sanford, Florida.

Joe Specht singled home Tommy Kraus with the winning run with one out in the eighth. Kraus started the comeback with a two-run double to cut Findlay's lead to 9-8. Craig Straws tied the score with a pinch hit sacrifice fly.

Kraus and Tyler Stamer each finished with two hits and three RBIs. Stamer's two-run home run in the fifth gave the Hawks a 6-5 lead. Garrett McNally and Nic Mertes led the Hawks with three hits apiece. Specht added two hits to the 16-hit attack.

Clayton Medlin (2-0) got the win in relief of starter Thomas Jones, who allowed five runs on eight hits in 4.2 innings.

Findlay overcame a 6-0 deficit to win the second game, 8-7. The Oilers won the game with a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the seventh.

Nathan Mark paced the Hawks with two hits and three RBIs. Mark's three-run homer in the fourth gave Rockhurst a 6-0 lead. A double by Mertes in the seventh put the Hawks back in front, 7-6.

The Hawks (7-5) return home to host Missouri S&T in a doubleheader in their conference opener on Saturday.
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