No. 1 seed Tennessee Wesleyan is the last team unbeaten in the 2019 Avista NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho, thanks to Braden Mosley’s three runs batted in Tuesday night against St. Thomas.
TWU’s Bulldogs edged the Florida team 3-2 on Mosley’s walk-off single in the ninth inning, just after 1 a.m. EDT. He had given them a 2-1 lead with a two-run single in the fifth, when they left the bases loaded, but sixth seed St. Thomas (47-13) used a single, a Jackie Urbaez double and a passed ball to tie the score in the seventh.
In the bottom of the ninth, pinch-hitter Alex Flock drew a leadoff walk, Tyler Reichenborn bunted for a single and Mosley won it with two outs. That made TWU 55-9 and playing Wednesday night against the University of Science and Arts.
Chris Garabedian homered in the second for St. Thomas, but that was the only run Jack Granath allowed on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. Philip Sieli and winner Jerry Ochoa finished splendidly in relief.
Reichenborn and Dan Fry matched Mosley with two hits each for the Bulldogs.