MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- With the score tied 5-all in the bottom of the ninth inning and runners on first and second, Alexio Medina stole third, then home to earn the Fredonia baseball team a 6-5 win over John Jay. It was their third win in four games this season.

Down 5-1, Fredonia rallied for three runs in the eighth and two in the ninth for the win.

The eighth started with a base hit by Dan Cecilia. After a strikeout, Rob Wiegand doubled and Kyle Sherman walked to load the bases. A wild pitch scored Cecilia. After a walk to re-load the bases, Liam Kelly ripped a pinch-hit single to plate the second run of the inning. Michael Prentice pinch hit and ripped a line shot at the leftfielder for a sacrifice fly to make it a 5-4 game.

In the ninth, Quinn Danahy singled to start the inning. James Krolikowski pinch ran for Danahy and advanced to second on a wild pitch, and was sacrificed to third. Medina was then beaned in the head to put runners at the corners.

The next batter, Bailey Gauthier, quickly went down in the count, 0-2. He would go on to deliver the game-tying base hit. Medina then stole the next two bases, diving head-first into home to end the game.

Danahy and Wiegand each finished with a pair of hits and a double. Cecilia added two hits as the Devils finished with 11 hits.

On the mound, freshman Ben Atkinson picked up the win. He threw a perfect ninth, striking out a pair.

The Devils used five pitchers. Freshman Josh Koepsell started with a scoreless two innings. Jason Weyman pitched a scoreless third before allowing five runs in the fourth. The Bloodhounds were aided by three Fredonia errors. Only two runs were earned.

Zach Lyman entered the game to strike out the first batter he faced to end the fourth. He then tossed a scoreless fifth and sixth. Kyle Smith took his turn, tossing a scoreless seventh and eighth before handing the ball to Atkinson for the win.

The Fredonia pitching staff's final line was seven strikeouts, one walk, seven hits and a pair of earned runs over nine innings.

"The team showed a lot of character today, coming back from four-runs down," said head coach Matt Palisin. "At times we did not play our best, but the team kept its composure and guys picked each other up. We used 19 players, and it was a total team effort. We learned a lot about our team on the trip. Before our trip, our goal was to go 4-0, and we fell short of that, but we have confidence moving forward."

John Jay drops to 1-5. Fredonia concludes its trip at 3-1.

The Devils travel to Houghton College on Wednesday to play R.I.T.