HIRAM, Ohio – The Thiel College baseball team defeated the Hiram Terriers on the road in a non-conference game, 5-3, Thursday afternoon.
 
Hiram took a 1-0 lead in the second inning before Chase Morrison (Monaca, Pa./Central Valley) hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth to tie the game.
 
Nick Guarnieri (Niles, Ohio/Mckinley) hit an RBI double in the sixth to give the Tomcats a 2-1, before the Tomcats added two more runs.
 
Morrison closed out Thiel's scoring with an RBI single in the seventh to give the Tomcats the win.
 
Thiel was led by Morrison, who went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Mike Sittig (Monaca, Pa./Central Valley) also went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, while Colton Brightwell (Eighty Four, Pa./Bentworth), Seth Johnson (Magnolia, Ohio/Tuscarawas Valley) and Ethan Bintrim (New Castle, Pa./Shenango) also recorded two hits apiece.
 
Cole Sherwin (Karns City, Pa./Karns City) started for the Tomcats, going six innings striking out three and only giving up two runs, giving him his first collegiate victory. Alec Katon (Ashtabula, Ohio/Edgewood) and Travis Harvey (Boardman, Ohio/Boardman) both pitched one inning a piece and combined for three strikeouts. 
 
Ethan Bintrim (New Castle, Pa./Shenango) pitched the final frame, giving up one hit and no runs enroute to his third save of the season.
 
Hiram was led by Tanner Allison who went 3-for-3 with two RBIs, while Logan Gallentine went 0-for-2 with one RBI. Hal Walker Jr. also went 2-for-3.
 
Jack Longar started for the Terriers, pitching 4.1 innings, striking out four and allowing only one run. Landin Wescott earned the loss, pitching 1.2 innings, giving up three runs and striking out two.
 
The Tomcats will return to Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) play on Saturday when they travel to Geneva for a doubleheader. The conference doubleheader is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.