The MSJC baseball team scored six times in the top of the 8th inning on Tuesday to pick up their first win of the season as they defeated Imperial Valley 9-7 in a non-conference road game.

The Eagles took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning when Joseph Hauck hit a two run homer that scored Aaron Harper.  Imperial cut the lead to 2-1 with a single run in the bottom of the fourth and then took a commanding lead when they scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth to push the lead to 6-2.  MSJC responded with a single run in the top of the 7th when John Huelskamp scored on a wild pitch.  The Arabs answered again with a run in the bottom half to make it 7-3 headed to the decisive 8th inning.

In the 8th five different Eagles drove in runs as Fabian Correa, Huelskamp, Harper, Peter Brooks, and Gabriel Ponce De Leon each drove in a run to give MSJC the lead at 9-7.  Travis Shaff-Brown earned his first win of the year on the mound as he pitched the final 3 and 2/3 innings allowing just one run while striking out 8.

The win improves MSJC to 1-4 on the season, they will be back in action when they travel to Cerritos for a 2 pm game on Thursday.  Cerritos defeated MSJC back on January 28th 18-17 in a six inning contest at San Jacinto.  The Eagles return home on Saturday afternoon as they will host Imperial Valley at 1 pm.