The Dragons (13-17, 8-8 G-MAC) suffered back-to-back narrow defeats to Ohio Dominican in the middle two games of the series, 5-2 and 8-7.
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Tiffin struck first in the third inning on an RBI-single by
Andrew Fairbrother but were undone by a four-run bottom of the fourth by ODU.
Ty Hatfield brought home the only other run of the game for the Dragons, a single to left field which brought home
Tommy Thamann.
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Thamann ended game one 2-for-3 with a pair of singles while Fairbrother and Hatfield each tallied singles and an RBI each.
Scotty Adelman and
Zach Johnson split the game on the mound, each tossing three innings.
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The Dragons trailed 5-4 heading into the sixth inning but tied the game up on a solo home run by
Jack Clancy in the top of the sixth. They took the lead the following inning on another long ball, this time a two-run shot from
Aidan Grabowski to lead 7-5.
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The Panthers walked it off in the bottom of the seventh following a two-RBI double and an RBI-single to bring home the winning run.
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The series will wrap up tomorrow with a single nine-inning game, first pitch is set for 1 p.m.
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