GREENSBORO, N.C. -- A two-out, infield single in the bottom of the 10th inning produced the game-winning run as Appalachian State University dropped a hard-fought 3-2 decision to North Carolina A&T on Wednesday night at War Memorial Stadium. The loss concluded a grueling two-game road trip for Appalachian (9-7), which included contests at Auburn and N.C. A&T on back-to-back evenings. After starter Chad Antley failed to record an out in the top of the first, Appalachian's bullpen held A&T (8-11) scoreless for 9.2 innings before the fluke run in the bottom of the 10th. Freshman Garrett Sherrill, ASU's fourth reliever of the evening, got the Mountaineers out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the ninth when he struck out the first two batters he faced to send the game to extra stanzas. After the Apps went down in quietly in the top of the frame, Aggie left fielder Joe McIntyre led off the bottom half of the 10th with a single to right field off Sherrill. The right-hander battled back to strike out the next batter, but the third strike slipped past ASU catcher Adam Beasley to allow McIntyre to move into scoring position. A ground ball to second pushed McIntyre to third base with two outs before Sherrill made a terrific 1-2 pitch to seemingly escape unscathed for the second-straight inning. However, A&T second baseman John Primus got just enough of Sherrill's offering to roll it up the third base line for an infield single and bring McIntyre home from third with the winning run. The tough-luck loss was the first of Sherrill's career, as the rookie fell to 3-1 on the season. His effort, combined with outstanding performances out of the bullpen from sophomore Adam Mills (6.0 IP, 3 H, 5 K), freshman Zach Quate (2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 K) and senior Josh Fish (0.1 IP), were the key to the Mountaineers sending the contest to extra frames after falling into a 2-0 hole before even recording an out in the first. Second baseman Ben Billingsley and designated hitter Kevin Butler keyed a late rally with back-to-back RBI hits that knotted the contest at 2-2 in the eighth. Butler drove in Billingsley after the freshman cut the deficit in half with a run-scoring triple to center field. N.C. A&T starter Chris held ASU to just two runs on seven hits over seven innings of work and Kyle Harvey allowed just one hit and struck out three in 2.2 innings of relief to pick up his first win of the season. Appalachian opens Southern Conference play and makes its first appearance of the season in Boone when it hosts two-time defending conference-champion College of Charleston this weekend at Red Lackey Field. The three-game series kicks off with a 3 p.m. matchup on Friday.