HIRAM, Ohio – The Westminster College baseball team won its fourth-straight game after a 9-5 win at Hiram College on Wednesday.
 
Westminster broke a 5-5 tie with three runs in the eighth inning; junior Sean Coyne (New Castle, PA / New Castle) scored the first run on a Hiram error, junior Tyler Bommer (Renfrew, PA / Seneca Valley) singled home freshman Michael Douds (Erie, PA / Cathedral Prep), and freshman Tyler Zaletel (Perry, OH / Perry) singled home junior Kellen Gursky (Greenville, PA / Reynolds). Douds added insurance for Westminster with an RBI-single in the ninth.
 
Titan freshman pitcher Ben Canty (Pittsburgh, PA / Keystone Oaks) (1-1) earned the win after coming in for relief. Canty threw 5.0 innings, while allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits. He struck out three batters and walked one.
 
Westminster out-hit Hiram, 13-8. Bommer had a game-high three hits. Bommer and sophomore Joseph Salmen (New Castle, PA / Union) each had a double, while senior Ryan Dunn (Freeport, PA / Freeport) added a triple.
 
The Titans improved to 6-25 overall, while the Terriers dropped to the same.
 
The Titans will next compete at Geneva College in a nine-inning game on Friday, April 29, at 4:30 p.m.