WOOSTER, Ohio- The Big Red and the Fighting Scots will play in a decisive game three of the 2021 North Coast Athletic Conference Championship Series after both teams posted a pair of walk-off wins on Thursday.  Denison prevailed in game one, 5-4 in 13 innings and Wooster took game two, 7-6 in 10 innings.

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• A coin flip took place earlier in the week and Denison was the home team in game one.
• Wooster starting pitcher Evan Faxon left the game after facing one batter in the bottom of the first.
• Wooster took a 4-2 lead in the fifth but Denison answered with sacrifice flies in the sixth and seventh to tie the game at 4-4.
• Charlie Fleming got the start for Denison and pitched 5.2 innings. He allowed three earned runs and struck out five.
• The clutch performance of game one came from senior reliver Jack Arnstein who entered in the eighth and pitched six brilliant innings of relief. He allowed only two hits and two walks while striking out six.
• In the bottom of the 13^th, Dylan Hunter reached on an infield single and Brian McAuliffe ended the four hour and 13-minute marathon with a double down the left field line, scoring Hunter.
• McAuliffe was 3-for-6 while Will Krushena and Hunter added two hits.

Game 2

• Wooster survived to live another day by loading the bases to start the 10^th inning. Ben Hines lifted a fly ball to center field that scored Dominic Stilliana with the game-winning run.
• Denison took a 3-0 lead into the fifth inning but a four-run inning for the Scots capped off by an RBI single by Eli Westrick put them on top.
• In the seventh, Will Krushena blasted a two-run homer scoring Owen Wilson. McAuliffe followed with an RBI single in the eighth giving DU a 6-4 lead heading to the bottom of the eighth.
• In the bottom of the eighth Wooster rallied with two runs on two hits to pull even at 6-6.
• Wooster put the potential winning run on third base after a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth. An intentional walk created the force out at second and it came in handy as Gabe Sherman hit a grounder to Max Lahn who stepped on second base to get out of the jam.
• In the top of the 10^th it was Denison's turn to put the potential go-ahead run on third but a ground out to third squashed that threat.
• In the bottom of the 10^th, Wooster put its first three batters on base via a hit by pitch and two walks. Sam Maier came in relief of Jarret Hyder and allowed the game-winning sacrifice fly.
• Dylan Hunter led DU at the plate, going 3-for-5 with two RBI. Daniel Spencer was 2-for-3 and Krushena was 1-for-2 with two RBI and three walks.
• The rubber match will take place on Friday, May 21 at 1:30 back at Art Murray Field. Denison won the postgame coin flip and will be the home team for the deciding game.