Sophomore Braden Cannon had the go-ahead RBI triple with two outs in the sixth inning and earned the save on the mound with a perfect ninth inning to lead Wayne State in a 6-5 victory over Thomas More (Ky.) Friday morning at the RussMatt Invitational Baseball Tournament in Auburndale, Florida.  The Wildcats improve to 10-5 with the win while the Saints from Thomas More fall to 7-6.
            The game was scoreless through three innings, then both teams scored four runs in the fourth inning.    Thomas and More's four runs came on a two-out rally taking advantage of two walks, a hit batter and two hits to score four runs.
            Wayne State scored four runs on four hits in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game at 4-4.  Quinn McCafferty's single to center field drove home Carter Thomas (walk) with the first run.  Alex Calabrese followed with an RBI single to left field scoring Trey Wells (single) and Cade Lynam delivered a two-run single to center field scoring McCafferty and Kaden Young (fielder's choice) to make the score 4-4.
            Thomas and More regained the lead with a run in the top of the fifth inning for a 5-4 lead.
            Wayne State tied the score in the bottom of the sixth as Braden Cannon's two-out, RBI triple drove home McCafferty (single).  The Wildcats took the lead in the bottom of the seventh as Cam Madsen singled to shortstop and scored the game-winning run on a single from Carter Thomas to give the 'Cats a 6-5 lead.
            Relievers Eli Crnkovich and Cannon sealed the win with 2 2/3 innings of hitless relief giving Wayne State the 6-5 victory.
            Wayne State had 11 hits in the win to seven by Thomas More.
            Cade Lynam was 2 for 3 with two RBI while Thomas also went 2 for 3 with a pair of singles, run scored and RBI.  McCafferty finished 2 for 4 with two runs scored while Calabrese also had two singles.  Cannon had Wayne State's lone extra base hit in the game, a triple.
            Kadyn Van Hill started the game on the mound for the Wildcats and worked 3 2/3 innings, giving up two hits and four runs with two strikeouts.  Brody Sintek worked the next 2 1/3 innings, charged with one run on three hits.  Junior Jacob Kneifl worked 1/3 of an inning allowing two hits.  Crnkovich (2-2) picked up the win with 1 2/3 innings of hitless relief, fanning three batters.  Cannon worked a perfect ninth inning with two strikeouts to notch his second save of the season.
            Wayne State is scheduled to face Holy Family (Pa.) Saturday in a doubleheader starting at 12 p.m. in Auburndale, Florida.