The Duluth Huskies rallied from three runs down to defeat the Brainerd Lunkers 7-4 in a Northwoods League baseball game Friday night at Stewart Mills Field in Brainerd.
Duluth scored two runs in the eighth and four in the ninth to complete a comeback from a 4-1 deficit. Jeff Reynolds' two-run single in the top of the ninth broke a 4-all tie as the Huskies (13-11) moved within two games of North Division leader St. Cloud.
Robbie Collier, Zeke DeVoss and Jeff Reynolds began the rally with eighth-inning singles before Cody Asche's sacrifice fly and Mark Threlkeld's single closed the gap to 4-3.
Devoss doubled in the tying run in the ninth, and then Reynolds followed with his game-
winning hit. Threlkeld drove in the clinching run on a groundout.
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Collier was 3-for-4 and scored twice, while DeVoss, Reynolds, Asche, Threlkeld and Barrett Serrato had two hits apiece.
Sam Briend was credited with the win after throwing one inning of relief and Austin Gaines, listed as an infielder on the team's roster, pitched the ninth to earn a save.
The Huskies open a two-game homestand with a 7:05 p.m. game today against the Lunkers (12-17). Sunday's game is at 5:05 p.m.
