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JACKSON, Miss.-The Belhaven baseball team pulled out a 2-1 victory Thursday afternoon over Tougaloo at Smith-Wills Stadium. The Blazers, ranked 15th in the latest NAIA Top 25 Poll, scored a run in the eighth and one in the ninth for the come from behind victory.

Tougaloo (0-10) jumped in front in the top of the second when first baseman Donnie Norwood, Jr. legged out an infield single which chased home courtesy runner Jabari Carr for the first run of the game. The score remained 1-0 until the eighth when left fielder Anthony Doss beat out an infield it and then sprinted across the plate on an RBI double by third baseman Bud Britt to the gap in left center. Then in the ninth, center fielder Joshua Bouldin walked, stole second, and advanced to third on a throwing error by the catcher Nathan Foreman. Following a pop-up by right fielder Jason Hicks, Doss ended the game on a single to left center field sending in Boulding for the 2-1 victory.

Belhaven was led by Doss at the plate as the senior went 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored. Britt was 1 for 4 with a double and an RBI and Hicks chipped in with two hits in four at bats. Bouldin, Ryan Saunders, and Kyle Wheeler also added a hit each in Thursday night's game.

Brandon McHenry started the game for Belhaven on the mound and went eight strong innings allowing only one run on four hits with a walk and 10 strikeouts. Mark Husband pitched the ninth and took home the win in relief tossing a scoreless frame with a pair of strikeouts.

Tougaloo had two hits each from Norwood, Jr. and Dustin Porter with Norwood producing the only RBI. Rodney McKay pitched all 8.1 innings for the Bulldogs and suffered the loss. He gave up two runs on eight hits while walking five and striking out six.

Belhaven will open up Southern States Athletic Conference play this weekend hosting Loyola University (NO) in a three game series at Smith-Wills Stadium starting on Friday at 2:30 in game one of a doubleheader. The series will conclude on Saturday with game three of the series set for 4:00 PM. Fans can hear all the play-by-play action of all three games in the series courtesy of Stretch Internet by clicking here.