FORT MYERS, Fla. – After hitting a single with two outs in the bottom of the 10
th inning,
Eddie Galvao went to second on a wild pitch, stole third, and scored on an overthrow to give the Skidmore College baseball team a 10-9 walk-off win over Wisconsin Lutheran College on Monday.
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- Skidmore is 3-2 on the young season. WLC is 2-6.
- The Thoroughbreds had leads of 5-4 and 9-7 before Warriors plated three in the fourth to take a brief lead and two in the seventh to tie it at nine.
- In the top of the ninth, Wisconsin Lutheran had the go-ahead run on third when Ethan Caiazza induced a ground out to preserve the tie.
- WLC also threatened in the 10th. Jaden Torrado threw out the potential lead run at the plate from right field on a Jake Sillan single. Eli Michaelis led off the frame with a double to the left-center field gap.
- Chase Siegel retired the next two hitters to set up the Skidmore walk off and snag the win.
- WLC reliever Will Tucholksi retired the first 11 batters he faced with four punchouts until Galvao's single in the 10th.
- Skidmore scored four times in the bottom of the fifth highlighted by a Torrado two-run triple to tie it at seven. The Thoroughbreds took the lead two batters later on a Ewen Donald two-out single and tacked on another with the help of a Warrior error.
- Donald finished 2-for-5 with three RBI. Torrado was 2-for-3 with a pair of walks, a stolen base, and scored twice. Zachary Leiderman was 2-for-4 with a walk, two runs scored, and one driven in.
NEXT UP: After a day off on Tuesday, the Thoroughbreds will take on Rhode Island College in a doubleheader Wednesday morning.
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