In a close game against Southern Poly, the Bulldogs showed their strength and perseverance after playing two games yesterday and one game before this one. The Bulldogs won once again with a 9^th inning run. 

Southern Poly started the game with a 3-0 lead after scoring 1 in the first inning and 2 in the second.  The Bulldogs answered with one in the 3^rd and two in the top of the 4^th to tie the game. However, the Southern Poly Hornets scored one more in the bottom of the 4^th. In the 6^th, Rafael Carlot singled, then Brad Pippa hit a single, and Kurtis Bramlett walked to load the bases. David Lindsey grounded out but allowed Devin Paschal, who was pinch running for Carlot, to score and tie the game at 4-4. The Bulldogs scored one run in the 9^th inning when Cody Gaskill reached on a walk, then Loveland grounded out to advance him to second. Rafael Carlot hit a single and Gaskill ran in for the winning run. 

Rafael Carlot had 3 hits while Brad Pippa contributed two.  Freddy Lewis pitched the first 6 innings while giving up 4 runs on 10 hits. Jason Ferguson came in as relief in the 7^th inning. Ferguson gave up no runs, no hits, and struck out 2. 

The Bulldogs will play Southern Poly once again on Friday morning at 11:00 am for the championship and opportunity to move on to the NAIA World-Series.