AUBURNDALE, Fla. -- Looking to start the Florida swing strong, the Concordia University Chicago Baseball team took to the field today against The Wheaton College Lyons. The Cougars lived up to their long earned nickname of the "Cardiac Cougars", by erasing a three run deficit and eventually walking off the Lyons on a throwing error by the pitcher the first win of the season 5-4.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• The win was the first of the career of first year head coach Kolin Conner.
• Kevin Garcia led the offense with a homerun and two RBI's.
• Cole Carman got the start on the hill and went 5.2 innings, allowing four runs on nine hits.
• The Cougar bullpen combo of Mike Tobin, Robert Perna and Zach Litke combined to work 3.1 innings of scoreless baseball.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cougars broke through first in the bottom of the second. Garcia took a 2-1 pitch over the left field fence for a no-doubt homer to make it 1-0 CUC.
• Wheaton answered with a run on three hits in the top of the third.
• CUC threatened in the bottom of the third, but stranded the bases loaded.
• The Lyons took a 3-1 lead in the top of the fourth with two runs on five hits. Carman got a big double play ball to end the inning and escape further damage.
• Wheaton made it 4-1 with a run in the sixth.
• With Mateo Calle on first a Wheaton error put two on with no out. Garry Maynard made the Lyons pay with a double off of the wall in left center that made it 4-3.
• With one out Garcia continued his big day with a single over the third basemen's head to tie it at 4-4.
• Calle led off the ninth with a bunt single. Hatton followed with a single to center to put Calle in scoring position. Calle then tried to take third as the pitcher tried an inside move. The Wheaton pitcher then threw the ball wide at third and allowed Calle to come home to score the winning run.

UP NEXT

• The Cougars (1-2) will look to win their second straight when they take on Fontbonne tomorrow morning. Opening pitch is set for 10:00 (EST).