The baseball team won its fourth in the last five games after defeating visiting IPFW 5-4 in 10 innings on Tuesday.

Sophomore Jason Jamerson’s clutch single scored senior Kyle McLaughlin from second base.

Two innings prior, Butler (4-11) had rallied back from a 4-2 deficit. McLaughlin led off the inning by reaching on a fielding error. He would reach third after a groundout and flyout, with a wild throw allowing him to score and pull the Bulldogs within one. Jamerson would make it all the way around to third. Freshman Grant Fillipitch followed with a chopper to second that was not fielded cleanly, allowing Jamerson to tie the score.

McLaughlin again led off in the 10th, drew a walk and then advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by senior Ryan Neat. Sophomore Kyle Schultz followed with a walk to set up Jamerson’s game-winning hit.

The Bulldogs had jumped on top first, going up 2-0 in the third. Senior Joe Pauley doubled and freshman Luke Duncan was on third when McLaughlin cleared the bases with a single. He finished the game 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs. Junior Rick Betsch and Pauley each added two hits.

The Mastodons scored all four of their runs in the sixth, after two batters were hit by a pitch and a home run and single propelled them to a 4-2 advantage.

Butler is back in action on Wednesday when they travel to Louisville for a game at noon.