Jarrod Mancine

Eddie Reese

The College of Wooster was down to its last out Tuesday, but battled back as Jarrod Mancine delivered a game-tying triple, his fourth hit of the day, then Eddie Reese and Zac Mathie added back-to-back RBI base knocks, and the Fighting Scots held off a rally by Muskingum University in the bottom of the ninth for an 8-7 victory at Mose Morehead Field in New Concord, Ohio.

Wooster (9-4) had jumped out to a 5-0 lead through three innings, but Muskingum (6-8) chipped away with two runs in the fourth inning and two more in the sixth, and eventually gained a 6-5 advantage on Zach Siemon's two-out, two-run homer during the eighth.

Craig Day started the Scots' half of the ninth by taking a hit by pitch and moved to second base on Michael DeBord's sacrifice bunt. An out followed bringing Mancine, who had singled in his first three at bats, to the plate as possibly the final out, but he came through with the three-bagger into right field to tie it 6-6.

Next, Reese singled into left, also his fourth hit on the afternoon, to bring Mancine home, as Wooster regained the lead. Mathie provided a very important insurance run when he drove a ball into centerfield for his second double of the game, scoring Reese.

In the bottom of the frame, the Muskies got their leadoff hitter on via a walk and he eventually scored on a Colton Maxwell pinch-hit single, but the tying run never got into scoring position, as Zach Klein earned the save.

The Scots' offense was clicking early, loading the bases with one out in the top of the first. That led to a Johnathan Ray RBI single and Frank Vance bringing in another run via a groundout.

In the third, Reese belted a two-run home run, marking the third-straight game he's homered, and Ray singled in Mathie after the latter had doubled.

Reliever Zach Jergan picked up the first win (1-2) of his collegiate career, despite giving up the Siemon homer in his inning of work.

Offensively for Wooster, both Mancine and Reese finished 4-for-5, with Reese contributing three RBI. Ray recorded three hits (3-for-4) and Mathie two (2-for-4), as the quartet combined for 13 of the team's 14.

The Scots are right back at it on Wednesday, as they'll make their 2012 home debut against Baldwin-Wallace College (14-2) at 4 p.m.