For the second time in the last 16 years, a game between Denison and Case Western Reserve ended in a tie.  The two squads played 11 innings before the game was called due to darkness with the score deadlocked at 6-6.

Tuesday's tie marked just the sixth draw dating back to the 1949 season.  The last tie took place in 1996 when the Big Red and Spartans battled to a 3-3 stalemate.

Denison struck first in the top of the second.  Junior Tim Duxbury drew a leadoff walk and, after a pair of stolen bases, scored on a ground out by Danny Kraus.  The Spartans answered in the bottom of the frame with a pair of runs to take a 2-1 lead.

After each team scored two runs in the third, Case Western Reserve maintained its one-run lead.  The Big Red's pair came on a two-RBI double by Justin Vaske.  In the fifth, freshman Charlie Apfelbach opened the frame with a base hit to right center.  After an error by the pitcher moved the rookie to third, a ground out by Ryan Mulligan plated Apfelbach to tie the game at 4-4.

The Big Red regained its lead when a two-run double down the right line by David Baskin drove in Drew Rice and Kyle Clemmenson.  However, RBI singles by Kerrigan Cain and Sam Alexander in the eighth and ninth innings, respectively, forced extra innings.  The Spartans had a chance to end the game in the ninth with one down and the bases loaded, but Apfelbach turned a double play after throwing pinch runner Jimmy Abed out at the plate.

DU loaded the bases with one out in the top of the 10th thanks to a hit by pitch and a pair of walks, but back-to-back outs by reliever Josh Suvak kept things tied at 6-6.

Denison starter McCavitt Carter surrendered four runs on five hits with four strikeouts in 5.1 innings, while Kyle Colgain and Tyler Vaske each allowed a run in 2.1 and 3.1 innings, respectively.  Colgain scattered two hits and fanned one, while Vaske gave up three hits and struck out three.

Senior Andrew Mahle and Clemmenson both logged two hits, including a double, and combined to score three runs.  Justin Vaske and Baskin each drove in two and logged an extra-base hit for DU.

Denison moves to 5-18-1, while the Spartans sit at 16-10-1.  The Big Red resumes North Coast Athletic Conference West Division play on Friday at Wittenberg.  Game one of the four-game series is slated to begin at 1 p.m.