The Amherst Mammoths stayed alive in the NESCAC Baseball Championship with an extra-innings win over Middlebury in Game 3 of the tournament. Game 4 between Tufts and Trinity will resume at 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 10, after it was halted in the bottom of the seventh inning with the Jumbos leading 14-5. Click the Championship Central link for the revised schedule for the remaining games of the tournament.

Amherst def. Middlebury 7-6 (11 innings) | Box Score

Tyler McCord scored on a passed ball, Jackson Boyer delivered a go-ahead RBI single, and Ben Smith capped the rally with a bases-loaded walk as Amherst scored three runs in the 11th inning to outlast Middlebury 7-6 at Trinity's DiBenedetto Stadium.

Amherst appeared firmly in control, carrying a 4-0 lead into the eighth inning behind starter Saahi Jetti, who was efficient through seven frames. But Middlebury erupted for four runs in the bottom of the eighth on RBI contributions from Henry Ayers, Joe Basso, Brayden Mathews, and Aiden Han to knot the score and send the game to extra innings.

The Mammoths finally broke through in the 11th against reliever Stefano Yozzo. McCord worked a walk, stole second, and raced to third on a throwing error before scoring on a passed ball. Boyer followed with a single to center to plate Justin Orridge, and Smith's walk forced home the eventual winning run.

Middlebury battled back in its half of the 11th, as JD Collins singled home two runs to make it 7-6 and bring the tying run to third. But Walker Dellinger, who improved to 3-1, struck out Basso to end the game.

Carson Ames went 3-for-5 to pace Amherst's 13-hit attack.