AUBURNDALE, Fla. -- The Wayne State University baseball team (12-2 overall) and D'Youville (6-6 overall) were tied, 2-2, through seven and a half innings of play on Monday afternoon. The Warriors then pushed across a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth to take the lead for good, 4-2, and win their sixth game in a row.

Wayne State's scoring started in the bottom of the first when Chris Tanderys (Livonia, Mich. / Stevenson) singled in Hunter DeLanoy (Hartland, Mich. / Hartland) to make it a 1-1 game.

Four innings later, CJ Maury's (Brampton, Ont. / Mayfield SS) sacrifice fly to center field that brought in Noah Miller (Macomb, Mich. / University Liggett) gave the Warriors their first lead, 2-1. After a second D'Youville solo homerun in the sixth, the stage was set for WSU in the eighth.

Rudy Ramirez (Brighton, Mich. / Brighton) pushed across Ryan Foley (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Saline), the go-ahead run, with an RBI groundout to the first baseman before Tanderys added some insurance thanks to a sacrifice fly to left scoring Maury.

Pitching wise, Kaden Stively (Washington, Mich. / Romeo) got the start and threw 4.2 innings with one earned run surrendered on three hits, one walk and five strikeouts. The first arm out of the bullpen, Ashton Potts (Sterling Heights, Mich. / Stevenson), also gave up just one earned run on two hits in 2.1 frames of work with one free pass.

Picking up his first victory of the season was Chad Sommers (Jonesville, Mich. / Jonesville) with two shutout innings, only one base knock, no walks, and two punchouts.

Next up for Wayne State is the 2023 home opener on Tuesday, March 21 against Northwood with the first pitch set for 3 p.m. at Harwell Baseball Field.