March 16, 2008 – ATLANTA – Junior Josh Wright hit a “walk-off” two run homer that powered Morehouse to a spectacular, 17-15, comeback win over the visiting Benedict Tigers.

Morehouse trailed 9-1 after the fourth inning and it looked like Benedict would easily win the second game of the Sunday doubleheader. Morehouse had won the first game 3-2. But the Maroon Tigers rallied in the fifth and sixth innings, scoring seven runs in each frame. Benedict had scored two in the fifth and four in the sixth, to pull ahead 15-8.

A single by sophomore third baseman Jared Mills drove in catcher Ralph Woolfolk in the home half of the sixth, to send the game into extra innings.

Wright’s dramatic blast came with two outs in the bottom of the eighth, in the game scheduled for seven innings. It was his third hit of the game.

The home run drove in senior Dunte Artis who had singled and stolen second base.

Artis, who started the game in left field, was the winning pitcher. He had relieved Michael Brooks and pitched the final three innings, allowing six runs.

First baseman Hank McCladdie led the Morehouse offensive attack with three-run homers in the fifth and seventh innings. McCladdie went 3-for-5 and finished with six runs-batted-in.

In Game One: Benedict 2, Morehouse 3

Pitcher Hank McCladdie went seven innings and held Benedict to two runs on seven hits.

The junior from Augusta helped his own cause with a double in the fifth inning that drove in the tying and winning runs.

Morehouse will travel to Greenville, SC, for a single game against Bluefield State College, on Thursday, and return for a doubleheader Saturday and a single-game Sunday against Lane College.