WISE – After splitting the first two game of the final home South Atlantic Conference series of the season, UVA Wise scored three runs with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning in game three to walk-off on the Mars Hill Lions in the most dramatic way. With the game three win UVA Wise has now won six conference series this season.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Result Game One: UVA Wise 3 Mars Hil 14 (7 Inn.)
Result Game Two: UVA Wise 15, Mars Hill 5 (7 Inn.)
Result Game Three: UVA Wise 5, Mars Hill 4
Records: UVA Wise (25-19, 14-13 SAC), Mars Hill (12-3, 5-19)
Location: Wise, VA | Stallard Field

GAME ONE (UVA Wise 3, Mars Hill 14):
-Two UVA Wise errors in the top of the second led to six unearned Mars Hill runs as the Lions led game one wire to wire. Walker Fox led the Lions with six RBI's in the victory.
-Josh Morgan had the only multi-hit game for the Cavs, as he went 2-4 with a single and a double.
-Sawyer Patrick fired 2.2 innings in relief for the Cavs allowing just two hits and no earned runs.

GAME TWO (UVA Wise 15, Mars Hill 5):
-The Cavs pounded out 16 hits, scoring 15 runs to even the series with a senior day, run-rule victory.
-UVA Wise plated at least one run in each inning of the seven-inning victory.
-Six Cavs had at least two hits in the victory, as the offense was led by Josh Morgan's 3-5 game with three RBI's.
-In the first game of his final doubleheader at Stallard Field, DJ Dickson reached base five times, as he lined two hits, walked three times, and drove in two runs.
-Nick Badgett had four RBI's for UVA Wise.
-In his final start at Stallard Field, Justin Snider earned his fifth win of the season, allowing just four runs on five hits.
-Nash Bingham came on in relief to get a critical strikeout with the bases loaded in the seventh inning.

GAME THREE (UVA Wise 5, Mars Hill 4):
-UVA Wise struck first in the rubber match after Jacob Boyle reached on a two-out error in the first inning, and Joshua Morgan proceeded to crush the next pitch over the left field fence to give the Cavs a 2-0 after one inning.
-Mars Hill answered in the second inning, taking the lead on a Carter Potts three-run homerun to left field, giving the visitors a 3-2 lead after two innings, Mars Hill added an insurance run in the sixth inning to take the lead 4-2, setting the stage for the most dramatic win of the season for UVA Wise.
-In the bottom of the seventh a walk to Jake Smith, a hit-by-pitch of Morgan Miller, and a walk to Jeb Hurst loaded the bases for the Cavaliers with no outs. An errant pitch over the head of Nick Badgett made contact with his bat, landing in fair territory, and leading to a Mars Hill 1-2-3 double play. With the Cavs then down to their final out and the tying run on second base, DJ Dickson hit a high fly ball to shallow left field, which was lost in the lights tying the game at four. On the next pitch Jacob Boyle doubled to left field giving UVA Wise a walk-off series win.
 

UP NEXT
The Cavaliers will travel to Tusculum University for a mid-week non-conference matchup on Tuesday, before a rare ten-day break. UVA Wise will travel to Gaffney, SC to take on the Saints of Limestone in the final weekend of the season April 25th and 26th.