Baseball Gets Ninth Inning Win  (4/5/07)
The Trolls used their last at-bat to break out of a 1-1 tie and get the victory over Illinois Institute of Technology. The 2-1 win improves the team's conference record to 4-2 and their overall record to 8-13. 

With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Rob Emmons drove a ball to left center to bring Ryan Tevepaugh across the plate and give the Trolls the victory. Tevepaugh had reached base after being hit by a pitch to open the inning. 

That final run ended a 1-1 deadlock that was set in the third inning. The Trolls had scored in the second inning when Dan Herder drove in one run. IIT answered back in the top of the third. From then on it was a pitching battle with neither team threatening to score.

Joel DeRuiter was on the mound for the Trolls and gave up just two hits while striking out seven batters. 

The Trolls had only three hits for the game, one each for Aaron Werkman, Matt Kamp, and Rob Emmons. 

The Trolls will host Purdue-North Central in a double header on Saturday at noon. 
 

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