Box Score JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Thomas University baseball team would not let an early deficit define the contest's outcome Wednesday night, as the Night Hawks battled back from a 6-0 deficit to steamroll Edward Waters 16-7 at James P. Small Memorial Park and snap a nine-game skid.
 
Wednesday's win marks the first time since 2014 that TU (16-24, 0-15 SUN) completed a regular season sweep over the Tigers (17-21, 5-3 SIAC).  The Night Hawks matched its third-highest hitting total (14) of the season while holding EWC to 13.  Redshirt Junior Anthony Dorak had the quite the day from the dish, leading all hitters with a perfect 4-for-4 performance highlighted by three RBIs.  Sophomore Dylan Robertson (2-0) pitched five innings and allowed one run off one hit while fanning four.
 
Thomas struggled out of the gate, picking up one out while the Tigers proceeded to build a 4-0 lead in the first inning.  Starting pitcher Owen Simonds was pulled early in the second for Robertson before Edward Waters extended its lead to 6-0.
 
In the third inning, Freshman Matthew Delay Jr. got on base via hit by pitch as the Tigers picked up two outs in the first three at-bats.  The Altamonte Springs, Fla. picked up TU's lone stolen base of the night before advancing two bases off a hit from Sophomore Turner Maddox, bringing home the Green & White's first run of the night.  Back-to-back RBIs from Dorak and Sophomore Luis Torres, along with an EWC error, cut the Tigers' lead to one run (6-5).
 
The Night Hawks would take the lead for good one inning later, tacking on another five runs thanks to more RBIs from Dorak and Torres, along with a 2RBI double from Redshirt Senior Brad Toxen to take a 10-6 lead.
 
In the fifth inning, TU extended its lead with three more runs with a sacrifice fly from Redshirt Junior Bradley Fleenor before Maddox and Freshman Khadin Bastian recorded RBI singles to push the Green & White's lead to seven runs (13-6).
 
After a RBI double from Edward Waters in the top of the sixth trimmed the lead to 13-7, Thomas would go on to score the game's final three runs.  Delay's sacrifice fly brought home Dorak in the bottom of the sixth before Fleenor finished off Edward Waters with a "bang," a two-run moon blast in the eighth inning that gave the Night Hawks a 16-7 win over the Tigers.
 
TU by the Numbers
3:        Batters hitting .500 or better
4:        Pitchers used
7:        Runs allowed
10:      Strikeouts from pitching staff
12:      Season home runs
16:      Runs scored
30:      Hits by Brad Toxen this season
40:      Games played
 
Thomas will have little time to reload, as the team is back on the field Friday at USC-Beaufort.  First pitch is set for 4 p.m.
 
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