GREENVILLE, Pa. – A ten-run seventh inning highlighted Thiel's memorable, 14-10, win over Grove City at Tomcat Park on Thursday.

The victory not only marked a series win against a cross-county rival and the awakening of a slumping offense, but also a milestone win for tenth-year head coach Joe Schaly who oversaw the 200th win of his tenure with the Tomcats.

Thiel – which, by-the-way, won its 22nd game of the season and all-but locked-up a berth in the Presidents' Athletics Conference tournament with a 12-6 league record – made sure the triumph didn't look too routine.

For starters, the Tomcats played the role of 'guests in their own home' after poor playing conditions forced the game from Grove City to Greenville.

Thiel jumped out to a, 2-0, lead in the first but the Wolverines answered by picking up two runs over the next two innings before breaking out for four runs in the bottom of the third, thanks in no small part to back-to-back homeruns by Grove City's Marcus Magister and Tyler Thomas.

After scoring a pair of runs in the top of the fourth, Thiel lifted starter Dave Diyorio (Youngstown, Ohio/Austintown Fitch) for senior southpaw Josh Tedesco (Campbell, Ohio/Ursuline). Tedesco effectively shut down Grove City over the next five innings as the Thiel offense searched for an answer to the Wolverines' starter Mike Herringshaw.

That answer came in the top of the eighth.

Grove City skipper Rob Skaricich left his starter – who had enjoyed a solid outing through six frames – in for an inning too long as the Tomcats rallied for its highest-scoring stanza of the season.

Ten-runs and eight-hits later, Thiel had established a, 14-8, advantage and a lead it would not surrender.

Thiel's big hits in the inning came off the bats of Andrew Howard (Olney, Md./Sherwood) and Dan Morrison (Cortland, Ohio/Maplewood). Howard –the eighth batter of the frame – nailed a two-RBI double to centerfield, while Morrison – the 13th batter – drilled a three-run triple to the leftfield corner.

Howard along with leftfielder Eric Boylan (McKees Rocks/Sto Rox) paced Thiel with three hits apiece. Morrison batted in a game-high four runs.

Mark Brewer (Beaver Falls/Blackhawk) pitched the ninth in a non-save situation for Thiel, but preserved Tedesco's seventh win of the year.

Thiel hits the road tomorrow to take on Geneva in a 1 p.m. doubleheader.