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Ninth Inning Dramatics Send Campbell Baseball Past North Carolina A&T 11-10

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Robb Meng's two-out single in the bottom of the ninth inning gave Campbell (7-24, 2-7 A-Sun) an 11-10, come-from behind victory over North Carolina A&T (9-19, 3-3 MEAC) Wednesday evening at Taylor Field.

Ryan Hamme (2-0) tallied his second win of the season, going two innings in relief allowing one earned run while striking out one. Ron Phelps (0-3) came on in the ninth to take the loss for A&T, giving up a Brandon Scott double, and Meng's two-out poke, sending A&T to their third straight defeat.

Campbell completed its second comeback of the night in the ninth via the bat of Meng. A&T reliever Phelps recorded the first two outs of the inning before giving up the two-out double to Scott, who had broken a 0-21 streak earlier in the game. Meng strode to the plate and lined a Phelps offering to right, inches from the reach of right fielder Charlie Gamble to give the Camels their first midweek victory since March 6.

Daniel Smith had a stand-out night for Campbell, as the Raleigh native posted career highs in hits and runs going 4-4 with three runs scored from the ninth slot in the order. Six other Camels recorded multi-hits with Meng matching a season high in hits, going 3-6, with two RBIs on the evening.

CU had trailed up until the bottom of the seventh inning when they used a three-run burst to claim an 8-6 lead. Back-to-back doubles by Mike Causey and Todd Matthews with one-out tied the game at six before CU rallied for two more with two outs. Carlton Floyd's single plated Matthews from third and a Jacob Allen bunt base gave CU the two-run advantage heading into the eighth.

A&T quickly dashed comeback with one swing of the bat. A&T quickly loaded the bases off a single, and a Floyd hit batsman and walk. Hamme came in to relieve Floyd and allowed a run on a Joe Wade sacrifice fly to make it 8-7 Campbell. CJ Beatty then delivered towering opposite field, three-run home run off the Natatorium beyond the left field fence to reclaim the lead for the Aggies at 10-8.

Campbell's resiliency showed, quickly tying the game in the eighth after the Beatty blast. Scott tripled to start the inning and scored on a Causey infield single to close the gap to 10-9. With Camels on first and third with two-outs Smith came up with perhaps the biggest of his four hits, brining in Causey with a single for the tying tenth run. Floyd almost gave CU the lead in the next at-bat, but Zach Johnson was thrown out at the plate by Jeremy Jones to keep things knotted at 10.

Gamble gave A&T an early 3-0 lead in the first inning, belting a three-run home run, his third of the season. A&T scored in each of the first three innings to go ahead 6-3 before Campbell clawed their way back into the game with single runs in the second, fourth and sixth innings before the big finsh.

Despite the home run, the Camels recorded its first victory of the season when their opponent scores in the first inning. It was also the first victory when the CU opponent scores 10 or more runs. CU also set season highs in hits, with 18, and men left on base, with 13. Trevor Smith went a career long five innings to keep the Camels within striking distance. Matthews recorded his first career triple and threw out two Aggies attempting to steal while he Floyd, Allen, Scott and Causey all had two hits for the CU offense.

Phillip Brewington and Kory Kinnear were both 3-4 for A&T while Nick Mayo added three hits of his own from the lead-off slot. Gamble and Beatty added one more hit to go along with their three-run homers and Jones' six-game hit streak came to an end with a 0-5 evening.

The Camels and Aggies both have conference games this weekend, as A&T hosts Bethune-Cookman Saturday and Sunday, while CU travels to Jacksonville for three games on Friday and Saturday. First pitch for the JU-Campbell doubleheader Friday is set for 4:00.

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Players Mentioned

Jacob Allen

#8 Jacob Allen

INF
6' 1"
Sophomore
Carlton Floyd

#24 Carlton Floyd

OF/LHP
5' 11"
Sophomore
Ryan Hamme

#14 Ryan Hamme

1B/RHP
6' 3"
Sophomore
Zach Johnson

#4 Zach Johnson

2B
6' 1"
Freshman
Daniel Smith

#2 Daniel Smith

INF/OF
5' 9"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Jacob Allen

#8 Jacob Allen

6' 1"
Sophomore
INF
Carlton Floyd

#24 Carlton Floyd

5' 11"
Sophomore
OF/LHP
Ryan Hamme

#14 Ryan Hamme

6' 3"
Sophomore
1B/RHP
Zach Johnson

#4 Zach Johnson

6' 1"
Freshman
2B
Daniel Smith

#2 Daniel Smith

5' 9"
Sophomore
INF/OF