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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – On Wednesday afternoon, the Wofford College baseball team defeated Duke 6-4 at Russell C. King Field. The game was tied at four in the seventh when Landon Bennett hit a single to score two runs.

Wofford moves to 17-32 on the season. Duke is 28-22 overall. The Terriers were led by James Foster with two hits and Landon Bennett with two hits and two RBIs. The Blue Devils had two hits from Marcus Stroman.

The Blue Devils got on the board first with a single by Will Piwnica-Worms and an RBI double by Jeremy Gould in the top of the first. Wofford tied in the game in the bottom of the first when James Foster singled, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Alex Lee and scored on a single to right by Kyle Behrendt.

In the top of the second, Duke took the lead when Marcus Stroman doubled and he scored on a single from Ryan McCurdy. Both teams went three-up and three-down in the third inning.

Duke added to the lead in the top of the fourth with an RBI single by Ryan Munger and a sacrifice fly by Joe Pedevillano to take a 4-1 lead. Wofford answered in the bottom of the fourth. With two out, David Roney singled and a double by Konstantine Diamaduros scored one run. Clark Wise added a single that plated Diamaduros. Wise stole second and when James Foster reached on an error, he was able to tie the game at 4-4.

After scoreless fifth and sixth innings, Wofford led-off the bottom of the seventh with a double by James Foster. A sacrifice bunt by Alex Lee moved Foster to third, but Foster was out at home when he attempted to score on a wild pitch. With Kyle Behrendt and Mac Doyle both intentionally walked and Behrendt moving to third on the wild pitch and Doyle stealing second, a single up the middle by Landon Bennett scored both runners for a 6-4 lead.

In the top of the eighth, the Blue Devils had two runners on and one out when a double play ended their half of the inning. Wofford left one on base in the bottom of the eighth and Duke had one left in the top of the ninth before a strikeout ended the contest.

For the Terriers, Brandon Yarusi started his first career game and went six innings with six hits and four runs allowed with three strikeouts. Ryan Traylor (1-0) picked up his first career win with two innings of work with hit hits allowed and one strikeout. J.D. Osborne earned his first save of the season in the ninth with one hit allowed and one strikeout.

Duke starter Michael Ness went five innings with six hits and four runs allowed and three strikeouts. Ben Grisz (3-2) threw 1.2 innings and allowed two runs and two hits. Michael Seander went the final 1.1 innings without allowing a hit and two strikeouts.

The win for Ryan Traylor came against the team that his father, Steve, coached from 1988 to 1999. For the Terriers, the game marked the second game in a stretch of five games in six days. The Terriers will play at Furman to begin a three-game series on Friday night.