SAN FRANCISCO - Trailing by a run, with two outs in the top of the seventh inning, University rallied to score twice and defeat Stuart Hall, 5-4, in the BCL-West tournament semifinals on Wednesday afternoon.
After leading off the seventh with a single, James Lui stole second base to get in scoring position. With two outs, Mick Kelley came through with a single to center, scoring Lui to tie the game. One batter later, Dominic Brugioni doubled to left, and pinch runner Peter Consagra scored on an error to put the Red Devils ahead by one run.
University pitcher Nate Kral allowed a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh, but closed out the win with a strikeout, his seventh of the game. Brugioni, Kelley, and Lui each had two hits in the game.
Stuart Hall had taken the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning on Jonathan Newsome's two-run triple.
University now faces Lick-Wilmerding for the tournament title, after the Tigers beat Urban, 12-2, in the other semifinal. Lick-Wilmerding won all three regular season games between the two finalists.
