ELON – Freshman
Gar Hindle 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.
Hindle's RBI single in the 10th inning secured the win for the Phoenix. The Rye, New Hampshire, native also provided Elon's first walk-off victory of the season, a 3-2 win over Fairfield earlier this year.
Cole Miller turned in the longest outing of his collegiate career, tossing five innings while allowing two runs and striking out three in a no-decision.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After two scoreless innings, Elon opened the scoring in the third. A bases-loaded walk by Brent Smith and a steal of home from Jackson Alford gave the Phoenix a 2-0 lead.
- Queens answered with a run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly.
- Elon 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.
- The Royals chipped away in the middle innings, scoring twice to cut the deficit to one.
- Queens surged ahead in the eighth, using two extra-base hits to plate three runs and take a 7-5 lead.
- Elon responded in the bottom of the eighth with three runs of its own. A walk by Jose Mariano, a hit-by-pitch to Henry Akopov and a sacrifice fly from Hindle each drove in a run, putting the Phoenix back in front, 8-7.
- Queens tied the game in the ninth on an RBI single to force extra innings.
- In the 10th, Hindle delivered the decisive blow, lining a two-out single to right field to score Simon Hoffman and secure the 8-7 win.
QUICK HITS
- The walk-off win was Elon's second of the season, both coming by 8-7 and 3-2 margins against Fairfield and Queens, respectively.
- Gar Hindle recorded Elon's lone multi-hit performance.
- Jake Hajdu extended his hitting streak to four games with a fourth-inning single.
- Jackson Alford 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.
- Cole Miller pitched a career-high five innings, throwing 60 pitches with three strikeouts and no walks.
- Kehler Hamilton added two scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts and no walks.
- RJ Latkowski earned his second win of the season, recording the final four outs.
UP NEXT
Elon returns to CAA play this weekend at North Carolina A&T. First pitch from Greensboro on Friday will be at 6 p.m. ET.
