QUINCY, Ill. – Maryville University baseball posted four runs in the top of the ninth to collect a 6-5 comeback win over ninth-ranked Quincy University on Thursday. The Saints got big hits from Matt Schuler and Zeb Roos in the final frame before Ben Prywitch earned the save by striking out the side.
 
No. 9 Quincy Recap
Quincy opened the game with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning and added another run in the fifth to extend the lead to 3-0. Maryville starter Jacob Kroeger went on to settle down from a rocky first inning to post 6.2 innings of work, 10 strikeouts, and only three earned.
 
The Saints got on the board in the fifth inning when Matt Schuler, in the middle of a four-hit day, doubled to lead off the inning before Jacob Hager walked. Stephen Randazzo stepped in and reached on an error by the second baseman that allowed Schuler to score.
 
In the sixth, Quincy added another run before Maryville retaliated with a solo home run by Hager in the seventh to make the score 3-2. Again, the Hawks padded their lead with two more runs in the bottom of the seventh.
 
Still trailing by three runs heading into the top of the ninth, the Saints loaded the bases by working three consecutive walks, allowing a pair of sacrifice flies to pull them within one. Quincy had Zeb Roos and the Saints down to their last strike, but Roos singled to the shortstop to tie the game. Elias Stevens followed up with a walk and Schuler drove in the go-ahead run with a single to center.
 
Pat Evers called upon Ben Prywitch to hold the lead in the ninth. The closer from Chesterfield, Mo., struck out the side and stranded the tying run at second base to pick up his third save of the season.
 
Winning Pitcher: Ryan Hoshaw (2-0)
Losing Pitcher: Brett Panick (0-1)
Save: Ben Prywitch (3)
  
Batting Leaders
Matt Schuler: 4-for-5, 2B, RBI, R
Zeb Roos: 1-for-3, RBI R, BB
Jacob Hager: 1-for-4, HR, RBI, BB
 
Records:
Maryville: 20-7, 11-2 GLVC
No. 9 Quincy: 20-8, 9-4 GLVC

What's Next?
The Saints continue the four-game set with the Hawks on Friday, April 7. The doubleheader is set to begin at noon.