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ELON – Freshman Gar Hindle delivered the second walk-off hit of his young career Tuesday night, lifting the Elon baseball team (11-17) to an 8-7, 10-inning victory over Queens (7-21) at Latham Park.
Hindle’s RBI single in the 10th inning secured the win for the Phoenix. The Rye, New Hampshire, native also provided Elon’s first walk-off victory of the season, a 3-2 win over Fairfield earlier this year.
Cole Miller turned in the longest outing of his collegiate career, tossing five innings while allowing two runs and striking out three in a no-decision.
HOW IT HAPPENED
After two scoreless innings, Elon opened the scoring in the third. A bases-loaded walk by Brent Smith and a steal of home from Jackson Alford gave the Phoenix a 2-0 lead.
Queens answered with a run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly.
Elon added two more in the bottom half of the inning, as bases-loaded walks by Sam DuRoff and Smith pushed the lead to 4-1.
The Royals chipped away in the middle innings, scoring twice to cut the deficit to one.
Queens surged ahead in the eighth, using two extra-base hits to plate three runs and take a 7-5 lead.
Elon responded in the bottom of the eighth with three runs of its own. A walk by Jose Mariano, a hit-by-pitch to Henry Akopov and a sacrifice fly from Hindle each drove in a run, putting the Phoenix back in front, 8-7.
Queens tied the game in the ninth on an RBI single to force extra innings.
In the 10th, Hindle delivered the decisive blow, lining a two-out single to right field to score Simon Hoffman and secure the 8-7 win.
QUICK HITS
The walk-off win was Elon’s second of the season, both coming by 8-7 and 3-2 margins against Fairfield and Queens, respectively.
Gar Hindle recorded Elon’s lone multi-hit performance.
Jake Hajdu extended his hitting streak to four games with a fourth-inning single.
Jackson Alford stole three bases and extended his on-base streak to nine games. He has 23 stolen bases this season and has recorded multiple steals in six games.
Cole Miller pitched a career-high five innings, throwing 60 pitches with three strikeouts and no walks.
Kehler Hamilton added two scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts and no walks.
RJ Latkowski earned his second win of the season, recording the final four outs.
UP NEXT
Elon returns to CAA play this weekend at North Carolina A&T. First pitch from Greensboro on Friday will be at 6 p.m. ET.
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