The no.3-ranked Emory University baseball team fell to 3-3 in UAA play and 13-5 overall falling in a heartbreaker, 3-2 in 10 innings, to first place Washington University on Friday afternoon at Sanford Memorial Stadium on day six of the 2016 UAA Baseball Championships.

Senior Chris Young gave the Eagles a 2-1 lead in the top half of the 10^th inning with a double to the right field gap to score junior Cody Wetmore from third. Wetmore led off the frame with a walk before advancing to second on a sac bunt and then stealing third with one out.

In the bottom of the 10^th, junior Kyle Monk sent down two of the first three batters he faced in the inning and got to a 0-2 count on Christian Santos. Santos however got a pitch he could handle on the third pitch of the at bat and deposited it over the left field fence for the walk off two-run home run.

In the ninth inning, Monk provided Emory with some late game heroics to send the contest into extra innings. The Cortlandt Manor, NY native escaped a bases loaded, no outs situation in relief of starter Jackson Weeg. Senior Dylan Eisner made two outstanding plays in the field. Eisner made the first out in the inning, fielding a tough grounder and throwing home to get the lead runner by a step and a half. The senior then made an absolute circus catch on a pop out that got caught in the wind for the second out in the frame. Monk finished the inning with big time strikeout of Tate Maider in a seven pitch at bat.

The ballgame featured a terrific pitching matchup between Weeg and Bears starter Julian Clarke. Weeg worked 8+ innings, giving up one run on six hits to along with four walks and three strikeouts. Clarke pitched into the 10^th inning, finishing with a line of two runs on six hits with five strikeouts and two free passes.

The Eagles return to the diamond on Saturday evening with a meeting with second-place Case Western Reserve (4-2 UAA). First pitch is set for 5:00 PM.