Trailing 11-5 in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Belmont Abbey baseball team scored five runs, four coming on a pair of home runs, but the 17th-ranked Catawba Indians held on for an 11-10 win over the Crusaders Thursday afternoon at Abbey Yard. The Indians improve to 4-0, while the Crusaders fall to 1-4.

The Indians entered the ninth with a 10-5 lead and a two-out solo home run by Wade Moore proved to be important at the end. The Crusaders rallied and cut the margin to 11-10 on a three-run homer by Chris Vazquez, but Travis McSweeney was able to get the final out to preserve the win.

Catawba stranded five runners in the first three innings as the Crusaders worked out of bases loaded jams in the first and third innings. The Indians finally broke through in the fourth on a two-out, two-run single by Link. Lyerly followed with a three-run homer for a 5-0 edge.

Belmont Abbey tied the game in the fifth on a three-run shot by Danny Brion. Clay Watson worked out of further damage and would get the win as Catawba answered back with two runs in its sixth. Link broke the tie on a single.

Brion added a second home run in the big ninth inning for Belmont Abbey, totaling four RBI on the day. Vazquez and Justin Vazquez each collected three hits. Both teams pounded out 16 hits.