LEWISTON, Idaho - Third time proved to be the charm for the Embry-Riddle baseball team as the Eagles came from behind to claim a dramatic, 5-4 win over second-seeded Lee (Tenn.) on Monday at the 2013 Avista-NAIA World Series. The Eagles (50-13) were matched up against the Flames (50-11) for the third time in the World Series with the previous two meeting going Lee's way. Monday's game also marked the third time the Blue and Gold had played in the final game on Memorial Day since the World Series started seeding teams in 2003. Again, both the previous two times, the Eagles had come up short, but the Eagles caught a break on Monday evening.

The Eagles won just their third-ever game against the Flames after dropping four consecutive decisions to Lee dating back to 2008. Embry-Riddle managed the victory despite just two hits, the lowest hit total of any team to win a World Series game in the tournament's 57-year history.

Embry-Riddle advances to play Faulkner (53-11) tomorrow, Tuesday, May 28 at 6:30 p.m. (PDT) in the winner's bracket final.

Trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the eighth, the Eagles did what they've done best all season long: outlast. Facing the best pitching staff in the country, Embry-Riddle got just its second hit of the game after Jordan Romero walked to begin the bottom of the eighth. Jeff Lemon, who collected both base knocks for the Eagles, lined a ground ball just to the right of second base that the Flames' second baseman got to, but couldn't force out Romero at second, allowing the Eagles to bring the go-ahead run to the plate in the form of Kevin Lindheim. The Eagle right fielder worked a full count before watching ball four go by, loading the bases with no outs.

Jeremy Stawychny came in to try to work out of the jam Alex Moore had created, throwing one pitch to Jordan Johnson as the Mainland High School product popped up for the first out. Stawychny battled pinch hitter Colt Hankamer to a full count before Hankamer's pop-up resulted in the second out, bringing Adam Cellini to the plate. Stawychny appeared to have ended the scoring threat when Cellini lofted a seemingly harmless fly ball to right field, but the Flames' Corey Davis dropped the ball, and the runners on the bases, who had all been running the play out, were able to score, including Lindheim from first as the go-ahead run. The Lee first baseman failed to quickly relay the throw home and Lindheim was able to slide in for the 5-4 lead.

Lee got on the board first, taking advantage of a leadoff walk issued by Stetson Nelson to begin the contest. Nelson got two quick outs as Brady Renner moved to second, but a long at-bat went in favor of Danny Canela as the Flames' catcher fouled off four straight Nelson pitches before driving a single up the middle to score the go-ahead run.

The Blue and Gold quickly answered in the home-half of the first thanks to a couple of Lee miscues. Jordan Romero reached first after striking out when the ball got by Canela behind the plate, moving to second on a failed pickoff attempt. Jeff Lemon recorded his 51^st RBI of the season with a base hit to shallow right field, plating Romero from second and knotting the game at 1-1.

Nelson worked his way around a pair of hits in the second, getting a 6-4-3 double play for two outs and striking out Mark Silva to end the threat.

Jose Samayoa had his slider working in the last of the second, striking out two of the Eagles that he faced in the inning.

Liam Goodall saved a run in the third by making a spectacular diving catch in left center after Kyle Chastain lost a ball in the lights off the bat of Canela. The Flames had a runner at second to lead the inning off before Nelson got two outs and then got a fly ball from Canela.

The Blue and Gold received a leadoff walk from Tyler Robbins to start the bottom of the third, but Samayoa retired the next three Eagles in order to send the game to the fourth. Nelson answered Samayoa with a pair of strikeouts and a groundout in his half of the inning, throwing just eight pitches to go 1-2-3.

For the second straight inning Embry-Riddle had its leadoff man aboard, this time electing to bunt him into scoring position, but Samoyoa left Kevin Lindheim on the bases by striking out Adam Cellini to end the threat.

The Flames put together a two-out rally in the fifth to take a 3-1 lead, getting both runs on a double from Corey Davis after a walk and hit by pitch put a pair of Lee batters on base.

Samayoa continued to keep the Eagles off balance at the plate, breezing through the fifth and sixth innings, keeping his team in front by two runs.

The Eagles put forth their biggest threat in the bottom of the seventh, loading the bases with one out, chasing Samayoa from the game with Chastain at the plate. Chastain took a 1-1 pitch from Kyle Briner to deep center, allowing David Belardes to score from third, but Connor Williams, who was pinch running for Mike Gragilla at second base, was thrown out at third to end the inning as the Eagles cut the lead to 3-2.

The Flames got the run back in the eighth on a pair of hits, including a leadoff double and an RBI single that caused Jon Rapose to enter for Nelson. After a hit-and-run put runners on the corners the Eagles got a 8-3 double play to end the inning as the runner at first never retreated to the bag after Chastain caught the fly ball from Roberto Duran.

After the unscripted bottom of the eighth, Rapose walked Brandon Rader on five pitches to start the ninth, but the Flames did not elect to bunt him over as Silva flew out to center for the first out and Renner grounded out to Robbins at second for the second out. Rader, now in scoring position, was left there when Silver duplicated Renner's groundout for the final out of the contest.

Rapose (5-1) got the win in 1.2 innings of relief for the Eagles.

With the win, the Eagles secured the fifth 50-win season in program history, and the second in the Randy Stegall era. Lemon, who finished 2-for-4 moved into seventh on the all-time hit list (174).

Embry-Riddle stretched its winning streak to 10 straight and are now 7-1 in neutral site games and 19-4 against ranked NAIA teams.