THE FACTS
New England College (1-2) 5, McDaniel (6-4) 4
What: Non-Conference baseball game
When: Friday, Mar. 11
Where: Myrtle Beach, S.C.

THE SKINNY
New England College scored in the bottom of the ninth inning to break a 4-all deadlock and defeat McDaniel 5-4 on both team's first game at the Ripken Spring Break Experience in Myrtle Beach.

THE LEADERS
• Billy Wheatley (Galloway, N.J./Absegami) led the Green Terror with three hits in the game.

FOR THE FOES
• Harutaro Takahashi led the Pilgrims with four hits that included three doubles.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Harutaro Takahashi led of the home second with a double before stealing third and scoring on a JD Normand single to left. After a Patrick Hagerty single put runners at first and second, McDaniel got two straight pop ups, including a foul bunt attempt, before Brady Philibotte poked a single into center for a 2-0 lead.
• Two walks and a two-out Takahashi double down the line stretched the lead to 3-0 in the fifth.
• After Sylvain Audet had cruised through five innings, allowing just one hit with four walks and 10 strikeouts, back-to-back errors to start the sixth put two McDaniel runners on base. Austin Goudeaux (Elkton, Md./Bohemia Manor) reached on an infield single with two outs to put runners at first and second. After Joey Hubinger (West Milford, N.J./West Milford) stole third, he was able to score on a Billy Wheatley single to make it a 3-1 game.
• A Michael Ciccotelli double scored Kyle Dobrie in the bottom of the frame to push the lead back to three.
• A one-out error allowed Evan Scala (Whiting, N.J./Manchester Twp.) to reach before back-to-back singles from Shane Daly (Haddon Heights, N.J./Haddon Heights) and Jake Smith (Washington, N.J./Warren Hills) made it a 4-2 game but a double play got New England College out of further damage.
• Tyler Yohn (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern) singled to lead off the eighth before a Goudeaux walk. Wheatley followed with a double to score Yohn before a T.J. McGuire (Blue Point, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point) sacrifice fly scored Goudeaux to tie the game.
• In the bottom of the ninth, Connor Morin was hit by a pitch before a one-out Takahashi double put runners at second and third. An intentional walk loaded the bases for Hagerty, whose sacrifice fly won the game.

THE INSIDE STORY
• The contest was the first of 10 games in Myrtle Beach for McDaniel over the next nine days.

NEXT UP
McDaniel returns to action against Wells on Saturday. Game time is 6 p.m.