Box Score RADFORD, Va. – Radford rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth to earn an emotional 5-4 walk-off victory over the Bryant baseball team on Friday afternoon at Sherman Carter Memorial Stadium.
 
With the loss, the Bulldogs fall to 2-5 on the year. Bryant and Radford continue their series on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
 
Playing just two days after one of their teammates tragically passed away in a car accident, the Highlanders put together a two-out rally in the ninth to win on what was an emotional afternoon at the ballpark. Trailing 4-3 with two outs and a runner on second in the ninth, Radford worked back-to-back walks to load the bases before a hit batter tied the game. Brady Whitacre then delivered the game-winning single up the middle.
 
Casey Wensley (2-4, 3B, R) and Jacob Gaudreau (2-4, RBI, R) led Bryant offensively, while four pitchers limited Radford to just six hits. Landon White suffered the loss, allowing two runs over 2.0+ innings of relief.
 
Game Information
Radford 5, Bryant 4
Records: Bryant 2-5 | Radford 6-2
Location: Sherman Carter Memorial Stadium (Radford, Va.)
W|L|S: Palmer | White (0-1)
 
Key Moment

• Breckin Nace (1-2) and Eli Hudgins (0-2) were down to their final strikes before working two-out walks to load the bases in the ninth.

How it Happened

• Radford plated the first runs of the game with a two-out rally in the first. After the first two batters were retired, a walk and a HBP on an 0-2 pitch extended the inning. Powell made it hurt, slashing a double inside the first base bag to drive in both runs.
• Bryant cut the deficit in half with a two-out run of its own in the third. Gaudreau singled, moved to second on a sac bunt and scored as Gavin Greger's hard ground ball down the first base line went into the right field corner.
• Radford extended its lead to 3-1 with an RBI double in the bottom of the third. Kaden Hilburger induced two fly outs to strand two runners.
• In the top of the fourth, Mike Fiatarone picked up a two-out single and came around to score as Gaudreau snuck a single back through the middle (2-3).
• Bryant tied the game in the sixth as Wensley opened the inning with a triple to left center. Radford's Daniel Quintana struck out the next two batters before uncorking a wild pitch to plate Wensley with two outs. It was the first run Quintana had allowed in 11.2 innings of relief.
• The Black and Gold then took their first lead of the game in the seventh. Zac Zyons reached on an infield error, stole second, went to third on a ground out and scored on a ground out by Ellis Garcia.
• White entered with two outs in the bottom of the seventh and proceeded to strikeout the batter to end the inning and then fanned two more in a 1-2-3 eighth.
• In the ninth, a leadoff single for the Highlanders ended up on second after a failed pickoff. White, however, rebounded to strikeout the next two batters. He then had Nace in a 1-2 hole before issuing a walk. Justin Dressler was summoned and got ahead 0-2 before Hudgins worked a walk to load the bases. Powell was then hit by a pitch to score the tying run and Whitacre worked back from down 0-2 to knock a 2-2 pitch into center to win it.

Inside the Box Score

• Bryant outhit Radford, 7-6.
• The Highlanders committed four errors in the game.
• Hilburger allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits, walked one and did not strikeout a batter.
• Zaslaw allowed just one hit and walked one over 2.2 scoreless innings.
• White struck out five, walked one and allowed just one hit over 2.0 innings of two-run relief.
• Dressler did not record an out in the ninth.
• Wensley and Gaudreau each finished with two hits for the Bulldogs.
• Justin Hackett picked up a double.
• Raymond Ladd (4.0 IP, 1BB, 4SO), Quintana (4.1 IP, 0BB, 6SO) and Will Palmer (0.2 IP, 0BB, 1SO) combined to walk one and strikeout 11 on the day for Radford.

Game Notes

• Bryant falls to 2-5 all-time vs Radford. The Highlanders have earned walk-off victories in three of the last four meetings.
• In the most recent between the teams in 2014, Radford scored five times in the ninth to walk off.
• The Highlanders were playing just 48 hours after Joey Raccuia, a freshman on the team, tragically died in a car accident on Radford's campus.
• Saul saw his 10-game hitting streak come to a close.
• Jacob Gaudreau has now reached safely in 12-straight games dating back to last year.
• Hilburger recorded the longest outing of his career on Friday.
• Zaslaw matched the longest outing of his career and has thrown at least 2.0 innings in all three outings this year.
• White matched a career high with five strikeouts and now has 13 strikeouts in 7.1 innings this season.
• Wensley recorded just the second triple of his collegiate career.

Up Next
Bryant and Radford continue their series on Saturday afternoon with a 2:00 p.m. first pitch.