EAST GREENSBORO – The North Carolina A&T baseball team won a midweek thriller against Elon, 9-8, on Tuesday evening inside War Memorial Stadium. The win puts the Aggies at 6-6 on the year including four-straight victories.
"(Former N.C. A&T head football coach) Broadway always said, 'All wins are good wins,'" said N.C. A&T baseball coach
Ben Hall. "I wasn't happy with the way we started the game, but I'm proud of the team for grinding it out and answering the call late."
A&T was led offensively by junior infielder
Justin Williams who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored. Senior outfielder
Camden Williamson turned in a 2-for-4 performance to extend his hitting streak to 11 games.
With the Aggies trailing 8-5 in the bottom of the seventh, A&T finally got the bats going. Junior transfer
Alex Bibb roped a double down the left field line and Williams brought him home with a double of his own to make it 8-6.
Ryne Stanley then singled to center field to score Williams and cut the deficit to one, 8-7.
In the bottom of the ninth, the Aggies loaded the bases with only one out and due to some disciplined situational hitting, drew two walks to win the game, 9-8.
"I was happy to see our at-bats continue to improve and our offensive competitiveness show up," said Hall.
A&T didn't get the start they wanted from sophomore right-hander
Gianni Smith who gave up four runs in the first inning, but the bullpen stepped up in a major way.
Junior righty
Timothy Davila threw 4.0 innings in relief and surrendered just one run on one hit with two strikeouts.
"
Timothy Davila was the key of the night," said Hall. "He gave us some pace on the mound and some much-needed zeroes. We continue to play clean defense."
Senior RHP
Leon Davidson pitched the final 1.2 innings and allowed no runs on no hits with a strikeout to hold the deficit at one, allowing the Aggies to walk it off in the ninth.
Next up, the Aggies will welcome Lehigh to War Memorial Stadium for a three-game weekend series starting on Friday, March 6 at 4 p.m.
