ANDERSON, S.C. – In a comeback that featured several heroes, senior Tyler Berry's two-out, bases-loaded walk brought home fellow senior Davis Goodyear with the winning run, as the Anderson baseball team capped Senior Day with an improbable six-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning, as the Trojans salvaged a doubleheader split with South Atlantic Conference-opponent Wingate by winning the nightcap, 13-12. The Bulldogs claimed the opener 5-3, Sunday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.

Anderson improved to 12-18 overall and 10-14 in the conference, while Wingate fell to 23-11 and 18-10.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Game #1
Wingate 5, Anderson 3
Senior Cody Adams was 2-for-4, with a pair of singles in the opener and drove in two runs, while fellow senior Nick Vella notched a double and a triple in three trips to the plate. Senior Dalton Shaw also had a third-inning double and scored a run.

Junior Lucas Smith (2-3) took the loss after allowing five runs on eight hits over 5 2/3 innings. The right-hander struck out four and issued just one free pass. Senior Brent Reynolds faced four batters over the final 1 1/3 innings and struck out one.

Game #2
Anderson 13, Wingate 12
Berry, who entered the nightcap in the top of the eighth inning, actually drew two walks in the bottom of the ninth, with the Trojans sending 11 batters to the plate in the inning.

Junior Jacob Kohns was a perfect 4-for-4 in the nightcap, with two doubles and a pair of singles. The Winston-Salem, N.C., native also scored two runs and had an RBI. Sophomore Justin Fox was 2-for-4, with his second home run of the season and also reached on a single and was hit by a pitch. Senior Chandler Castleberry added his third triple of the season and also posted a single, while drawing a walk and reached base after getting hit by a pitch. He scored twice and had two RBI.

Goodyear was 2-for-5, with a three-run double, a single and a walk. Vella added a pair of singles and was intentionally walked in the ninth inning. Adams notched two singles and crossed the plate once, while driving in a run.

Senior Will McSwain was the first of four Trojan hurlers after drawing the start on the mound. He equaled his season-high with six full innings, while allowing seven runs on nine hits. He struck out six and issued just one walk. Senior Christian Carpenter later came on in relief of Jackson Dempsey and gave up two unearned runs on one hit, while fanning two batters. Sophomore right-hander Landon Henley (1-1) was the beneficiary of the late rally and captured the win after surrendering three runs on three hits in the top of the ninth.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1
Wingate built an early 5-0 lead after just two innings and wouldn't score again, but it was all the offense that the Bulldog pitchers would need.

Adams' two-run single in the third brought AU within three, and Vella led off the sixth with a double and later crossed the plate when Kohns bounced out to the left side of the infield, but the Trojans were unable to get any closer.

Game 2
Wingate jumped out in front with a solo run in the top of the first inning, but in the bottom of the frame, Fox hammered his second homer of the season over the left-field fence with one out to even the score and following back-to-back walks by Castleberry and Goodyear, Vella singled to bring home Castleberry with the go-ahead run.

The Bulldogs countered with a five-run second inning that featured a three-run homer to left field as they built a 6-2 advantage.

The third inning turned out to be the only frame that neither team scored a run, with AU posting three in the bottom of the fourth after sending eight batters to the plate and capitalizing on five singles during the inning.

Wingate added another solo run to claim a 7-5 edge in the fifth, while the Trojans pulled back within a run (7-6) when Fox led off by getting hit by a pitch and Castleberry followed by ripping a triple to the fence in center field. AU knotted the score at 7-7 with another run in the seventh inning on Adams' clutch two-out single.

The 'Dogs added a pair of runs in the eighth and three more in the top of the ninth to claim a 12-7 advantage and leaving the Trojans with just three outs remaining.

Berry ignited the unlikely rally by drawing a one-out walk and Shaw, who was pinch-hitting, was hit by a pitch. After Berry moved to third on a wild pitch, Kohns brought him home with a single through the left side and Adams drew a walk to load the bases. Fox plated Shaw with a sacrifice fly to left field and Castleberry was hit by a pitch for the 13th time this season to again load the bases and Goodyear followed with a bases-clearing double to the gap in left-center that pulled the Trojans even on the scoreboard with two outs.

Wingate elected to intentionally walk Vella and then Bryan Mitchell was hit by a pitch. With the bases full, Berry captured the game-winning RBI with his 12th walk of the season and Goodyear crossed the plate as the first-base dugout emptied in celebration in foul territory down the right-field line.

NOTABLES
• Dalton Shaw and Tanner Bray are both riding five-game hitting streaks.
• Cody Adams has reached base safely in 10 consecutive games.

UP NEXT
Anderson and Wingate will get back on the diamond again Monday afternoon, with first-pitch slated for 1 p.m.