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ELON, N.C. – The Elon baseball team scored six runs in the game's first three innings en route to a 12-5 victory over the visiting High Point Panthers on Wednesday, April 9, at Latham Park. The game was Elon's annual contest that helps raise funds for The Vs. Cancer Foundation which helps to fund cancer research. This year, the Phoenix raised over $14,000 - its highest total in three seasons.
 
Elon's Sebastian Gomez and Tyler McVicar each drove in four runs in the Phoenix victory as the maroon and gold improved to 21-12. HPU fell to 19-14 with the setback.
 
Gomez went 3-for-4 at the dish while McVicar finished the night 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in Elon's four-run bottom of the third.
 
The Phoenix plated three runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to take a 10-run lead, 12-2, as McVicar's two-run triple to right-center scored two in the fourth and Gomez's double to right in the fifth scored a pair to give Elon a commanding lead.
 
HPU managed to score three in the ninth to make it a seven-run game, but Matt Harris finished the Panthers off in a six-pitcher effort for the Phoenix. Rookie Mike Krill (1-0) earned the win for Elon, the first of his collegiate career, after going four scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
 
Ryan Cooper ended the day 2-for-4 with three runs scored, while Blaine Bower went 1-for-3 with two runs scored and a home run, his first of the season. Quinn Bower had two hits and scored twice for the Phoenix in the win.  Casey Jones extended his career-best hitting streak to 19 games folowing a 1-for-2 day at the plate.

The loss went to Will Resnik (0-1) who surrendered nine runs (eight earned) on 11 hits in just four innings.
 
Elon returns to Southern Conference play this weekend in a three-game set at Wofford.