{"id":184366,"date":"2026-04-03T11:20:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/184366\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:20:35","slug":"elon-walks-off-queens-in-extras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/184366\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Walks Off Queens In Extras"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/North-Carolina-AT.png\" alt=\"North Carolina A&amp;T\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at North Carolina A&amp;T<\/p>\n<p>4\/3\/2026 | 6:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Apr. 03 (Fri) \/ 6:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/North-Carolina-AT.png\" alt=\"North Carolina A&amp;T\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0North Carolina A&amp;T&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    ELON \u2013\u00a0Freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/gar-hindle\/11098\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11098\" target=\"_blank\">Gar Hindle<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>Hindle&#8217;s RBI single in the 10th inning secured the win for the Phoenix. The Rye, New Hampshire, native also provided Elon&#8217;s first walk-off victory of the season, a 3-2 win over Fairfield earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cole-miller\/11107\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11107\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Miller<\/a> turned in the longest outing of his collegiate career, tossing five innings while allowing two runs and striking out three in a no-decision.<\/p>\n<p>HOW IT HAPPENED&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tAfter two scoreless innings, Elon opened the scoring in the third. A bases-loaded walk by <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/brent-smith\/10879\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10879\" target=\"_blank\">Brent Smith<\/a> and a steal of home from <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jackson-alford\/10864\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10864\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Alford<\/a> gave the Phoenix a 2-0 lead.&#13;<br \/>\n\tQueens answered with a run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly.&#13;<br \/>\n\tElon 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.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Royals chipped away in the middle innings, scoring twice to cut the deficit to one.&#13;<br \/>\n\tQueens surged ahead in the eighth, using two extra-base hits to plate three runs and take a 7-5 lead.&#13;<br \/>\n\tElon responded in the bottom of the eighth with three runs of its own. A walk by <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jose-mariano\/11110\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11110\" target=\"_blank\">Jose Mariano<\/a>, a hit-by-pitch to <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/henry-akopov\/11113\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11113\" target=\"_blank\">Henry Akopov<\/a> and a sacrifice fly from Hindle each drove in a run, putting the Phoenix back in front, 8-7.&#13;<br \/>\n\tQueens tied the game in the ninth on an RBI single to force extra innings.&#13;<br \/>\n\tIn the 10th, Hindle delivered the decisive blow, lining a two-out single to right field to score <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/simon-hoffman\/10870\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10870\" target=\"_blank\">Simon Hoffman<\/a> and secure the 8-7 win.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nQUICK HITS<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe walk-off win was Elon&#8217;s second of the season, both coming by 8-7 and 3-2 margins against Fairfield and Queens, respectively.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/gar-hindle\/11098\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11098\" target=\"_blank\">Gar Hindle<\/a> recorded Elon&#8217;s lone multi-hit performance.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jake-hajdu\/10867\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10867\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Hajdu<\/a> extended his hitting streak to four games with a fourth-inning single.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jackson-alford\/10864\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10864\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Alford<\/a> 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.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cole-miller\/11107\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11107\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Miller<\/a> pitched a career-high five innings, throwing 60 pitches with three strikeouts and no walks.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kehler-hamilton\/10868\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10868\" target=\"_blank\">Kehler Hamilton<\/a> added two scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts and no walks.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/rj-latkowski\/11104\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11104\" target=\"_blank\">RJ Latkowski<\/a> earned his second win of the season, recording the final four outs.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nUP NEXT<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nElon returns to CAA play this weekend at North Carolina A&amp;T. First pitch from Greensboro on Friday will be at 6 p.m. ET.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at North Carolina A&amp;T 4\/3\/2026 | 6:00 PM &#13; Apr. 03 (Fri) \/&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-184366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-queens","12":"tag-queens-headlines","13":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}