SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. – Host Shepherd snapped a 4-4 deadlock with a  2-out, 3-run triple in the bottom of the seventh Sunday afternoon and went on to claim an 8-5 victory in a scheduled 9-inning game at Fairfax Field.

The Hilltoppers (9-23, 6-9) had forged the 4-4 tie on Rudy Nagy's RBI single in the top of the seventh but Shepherd (11-14, 7-11) loaded the bases with 2 out in the bottom of the frame against WLU starter Jeff Welsh and Aaron Scoville greeted reliever Matt Shyosky with a triple into the left-centerfield gap, clearing the bases and putting the hosts ahead to stay.

Trent Chapman had a triple and single while Andrew Henry added a pair of singles in a losing cause for West Liberty. Zane Madden had a 2-run double and Dillon Mangino weighed in with a run-scoring single.

Scoville had 4 RBIs with a single and triple while Nate Minnich drove in a pair of Ram tallies with a home run and two singles.

The Hilltoppers travel to Buckhannon on Wednesday for a 1 p.m. doubleheader against West Virginia Wesleyan.

BASEBALL

Shepherd 8, West Liberty 5

West Liberty 002 100 101 - 5  9 1

Shepherd 001 030 31x - 8 16 1

WL: Welsh lp (5SO, 3W), Shyosky (7) (0SO, 0W), Hapney (8) (1SO, 0W) and D.Daugherty. Chapman T, S; Henry 2S; Madden D, 2rbi; Mangino S, rbi; Nagy S, rbi

S: Beyer (1SO, 4W), Kelly (3) (0SO, 2W), Beatty (5) (2SO, 1W), McClain wp (7) (0SO, 0W) and Buckley, Coffey (8). Minnich HR, 2S, 2rbi; Cook 3S; Scoville T, S, 4rbi