University’s baseball team survived some anxious moments in the bottom of the seventh inning and held on for a wild 7-6 Pacific Coast League victory over Northwood Tuesday afternoon at Northwood.

The Trojans held a 7-3 lead going into the bottom of the seventh but Northwood pushed across three runs and was knocking on the door.

Jordan Scheftz, in relief of starter Itai Reuveni, struck out Matt Locklear with the bases. The ball bounced away from home plate, but Uni catcher Cameron Matin grabbed the ball and tagged out Alex King trying to score the tying run from third, ending the game.

Northwood (6-5, 3-3) pushed across three runs in the inning. Jordan Gisch was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, James Clothier had an RBI single and King drove home a run on a groundout.

“I’m pleased to get out of here with a win,” University Coach Chris Conlin said.

University appeared to put the game out of reach when it scored three runs in the fifth inning to move ahead 6-2. Two of the runs came home on a single by Kai Ho.

The Trojans led, 7-3, going into the bottom of the seventh.

But in the bottom of the seventh, Northwood took advantage of two hit batters to score a run, forcing Conlin to bring in Scheftz, who was eventually able to get the save.

“He did a good job,” Conlin said of Scheftz. “You’ve got to give them (Northwood) credit. They kept battling.”

Northwood wound up with seven hits but also benefited from five hit batters and three walks.

“It was a good game,” Northwood Coach Rob Stuart said. “Every part of it was good. I think they hit a heck of a lot better than we pitched today, that’s for sure. We just couldn’t make the big pitch when it counted.

“I don’t think you can really fault our effort. They played well and a one-run loss is usually either one play or another. You can’t ask for anything more.”

Ojo Weiss scored two runs out of the leadoff spot for Northwood.

Ho, the freshman, went 2 for 3 with three RBI and a run scored to lead University.

Scheftz was 2 for 3 with two runs scored and an RBI, Greg LaVal was 1 for 2 with an RBI double in the fourth inning and two walks and Reuveni was 2 for 4 with a run score.

“I think our approach was better,” Conlin said. “Obviously, they had three or four line drives to our left fielder that could have gone differently.

Reuveni (3-2) got the win for Uni.

“He struggled today with his control but also give them credit that they had a good approach to the plate,” Conlin said.

It also marked the first time that Conlin has been in uniform. He is battling back from neck cancer and changed uniforms since he has lost some weight. He wore No. 15 instead of his traditional No. 25.

“It’s nice,” Conlin said. “Everybody has been very nice to me, the coaches and even the umpires. It’s nice to be around what’s going on. It’s nice to put a uniform on; it might be a different number (15) from 25.”