LEWISTON, Idaho ---- Bellevue catcher Jake Browne drove in the go-ahead run with a single up the middle in the top of the 10th inning to give the Bruins a 6-5 victory over the Auburn Montgomery baseball team in each team's opener of the 2016 Avista-NAIA Baseball World Series at Harris Field Friday.

NOTES
• The loss dropped the Warhawks to 45-16 on the season.
• Bellevue improved to 52-10 on the year.
• The win was the 17th in the final at-bat this season for the Bruins.
• The extra-inning affair marked the 62nd such contest in the 60 year history of the NAIA World Series.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• After giving up three runs in the first two innings, Cole Goodwin settled down and tossed six innings, allowing nine hits and two earned runs. He struck out one and walked two in the no-decision.
• Cody Rush finished 3-for-5 with a RBI and two runs scored.
• Kaleb Harris had a pair of hits, a walk and a run scored.
• John-Mark Cosby reached base three times, finishing 1-for-3 with two walks.
• Derik Bontempo led the Bruins with four hits, two runs scored and a RBI.
• Browne had three hits, including the game-winner.
• Leland Tilley (10-1) tossed 2 1/3 perfect innings in relief to earn the victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Bruins scored twice off Goodwin in the top of the first inning off Goodwin. Bontempo plated the first run with a double, before Joe Mancuso scored a run with a sacrifice fly.
• Bellevue upped its advantage to 3-0 with a run in the second inning, when Matt Evans scored on a throwing error.
• The Warhawks put a run on the board in the third inning, when Rush scored on a double play.
• AUM rallied and tied the score at 3-3 with two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Harris led off the inning with a double, before Brandon Davis and Mac Seibert each worked walks to load the bases. Blake Grill plated Harris on a fielder's choice and Houston Davenport tied the game with a single through the right side, scoring Davis.
• The Warhawks took a 5-3 lead in the sixth inning, when Rush singled in pinch runner Michael Tedford, before coming in to score on a sacrifice fly by Brandon Pooler.
• The Bruins battled back with a pair of runs of their own in the seventh inning after loading the bases with no one out. Reliever Seth Arroyo looked to get out of the jam with a 1-2-3 double play, but Colton Nash laced a single through the left side to plate a pair and tie the game at 5-5.
• Bontempo led off the top of the 10th off Jed Carter (2-1), before moving to second on a two-out stolen base. The aggressive base running proved beneficial when Brown took the eighth pitch of the at bat up the middle to score the game winner.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• AUM stranded 11 runners, while the Bruins left 10 on base.
• The Warhawks and Bruins each turned a pair of double plays.
• Each team committed a pair of errors, leading to 5-of-11 runs being unearned.

QUOTING THE COACH
"This game didn't come down to the 10th inning," head coach Marty Lovrich said. "We had numerous opportunities and hit into some very untimely double plays. Last week when we were in those situations, we made our opponent pay. Tonight, we couldn't get it done. We had some decent at bats with two outs, but also had some weak at bats with runners on second and third and less than two outs."

"I was really proud of Cole for battling through the early runs," Lovrich continued. "He has been on this stage before and really stayed poised. He pitched a heck of a game."

UP NEXT
• The Warhawks will return to action Saturday morning at 9 a.m. PST in an elimination game against No. 10 seed Point University.

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