Box Score BOONE, N.C. — Freshman Colin Schmid had a career-high four RBI, including the game-winner in the bottom of the eighth inning that lifted Appalachian State University baseball to its third-straight win, a wild 10-9 triumph over North Carolina A&T on Tuesday evening at Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium.

Appalachian State (14-31) jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the second inning but North Carolina A&T (10-34) slowly chipped away at the deficit until it took an 8-7 advantage with two runs in the top of the seventh.

The Aggies extended their lead to 9-7 with another run in the top of the eighth but the Mountaineers responded with three runs in the bottom of the frame to retake a 10-9 advantage.

App State tied the game in the eighth on a bizarre play. The Mountaineers loaded the bases with nobody out against N.C. A&T reliever Leon Hunter (2-4) to bring Grayson Atwood to the plate. Hunter's first pitch to Atwood got past catcher Jarrett Norman and went all the way to the backstop. Henry Davis scored easily from third on the wild pitch but as he crossed the plate, he was hit in the head by Norman's throw to Hunter. The ball ricocheted back towards the backstop and Matt Vernon scored all the way from second to knot it up at 9-9.

Two batters later, Schmid ripped a single up the middle to drive in Brian Bauk from third with the go-ahead run.

Bauk worked around a two-out single in the ninth to close out the victory.

Schmid went 3-for-5 with a two-run single in the first inning, an RBI single in the fourth and the game-winning RBI single in the eighth to lead App State's 10-hit attack. The Mountaineers have recorded double-digit hits in a season-high five-straight games.

Davis and Vernon chipped in with two hits and three runs apiece.

Dallas DeVrieze retired three-straight batters in the top of the eighth, the final two on strikeouts, to earn his first win of the season. Bauk's save was his fifth of the campaign.

Appalachian State scored the winning run in its final at-bat for the eighth time this season. The come-from-behind victory was the Mountaineers' 10th of the campaign.

App State returns to Sun Belt Conference action this weekend at second-place UL Lafayette (29-16, 11-9 Sun Belt), which is ranked No. 20 in the latest NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) rankings. Game times are set for 7 p.m. ET Friday, 7 p.m. ET Saturday and 2 p.m. ET Sunday at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field in Lafayette, La.