CARY, N.C. – The Saint Anselm College baseball team fell in a 10-inning, non-conference battle against Wayne State College, 9-8, at the USA Baseball National Training Complex on Friday.

Wayne State 9 (7-8), Saint Anselm 8 (1-4) (10 inn.)

• Junior Brendan Gonzalez had a 3-5 day at the plate, recording two singles, a double, and two runs batted in to lead the Hawks. 

• Sophomore Peter Fischer also went 3-5 with a trio of singles, scoring once and driving in one run, while classmate Coleson Kaluza had a 3-4 performance out of the leadoff spot, scoring once, stealing a base, and drawing two walks. 

• Junior Caden Smith got the start on the mound, throwing six innings, striking out four while allowing five earned runs.  

• Sophomore Jake Boudreau pitched the final 3.2 innings, picking up the loss as he falls to 0-1 on the season despite allowing just two hits and one earned run, striking out five batters. 

• Junior Mavrick Bourdeau had one base hit, one run scored, and one run batted in. 

Wayne State opened the scoring in the bottom of the first on an RBI single, and added another run to its lead in the second inning after an error by the Hawks third baseman. After the third inning saw both teams finish scoreless, the Wildcats used back-to-back triples to spark a three-run inning, building a 5-0 edge in the fourth. 
 

After a slow start offensively, the Hawks' bats came alive in the top of the fifth, scoring seven runs in the frame, all with two outs. Gonzalez ripped a single to left field with the bases loaded to drive in two runs and Saint Anselm took a 7-5 lead on an error by Wayne State's second baseman to cap off a high-scoring half-inning. The Wildcats leadoff hitter in the bottom of the fifth launched a leadoff homerun to make it 7-6 but the Hawks answered with another run in the top of the sixth to keep a two-run edge, 8-6. 
 

With runners on the corners in the bottom of the seventh, Wayne State was able to plate both runners on a single to center field after a throwing error, as the score was tied up 8-8. The next two innings were scoreless until the Wildcats walked things off in the bottom of the tenth on a sacrifice fly to deep centerfield, winning the game in extra innings, 9-8. 
 

The Hawks will be back at the USA Baseball Field tomorrow as they take on Walsh University at 10 a.m. and Dominican University (N.Y.). at 2 p.m.

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