Appalachian State University baseball jumped out to a 7-1 lead on Senior Day but UNC Greensboro roared back to hand the 28th-ranked Mountaineers a rare home defeat, 10-8, on Sunday afternoon at Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium. Highlighted by a three-run home run from Jeremy Dowdy and three two-out RBI from Will Callaway, Appalachian (34-11, 18-6 SoCon) led 7-1 after four innings but UNC Greensboro (22-23, 7-17 SoCon) scored three runs in the fifth inning and four in the sixth to grab a 8-7 advantage. The Mountaineers knotted the score at 8-8 when Trey Holmes drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh but UNCG scored two runs with two outs in the top of the eighth to retake the lead for good. As was the case for the vast majority of the game’s scoring, the Spartans plated the deciding runs in the eighth with two outs. ASU reliever Tyler Moore easily retired the first two batters of the inning and was one strike away from getting out of the frame but walked Zach Leach on a 3-2 pitch. Moore was once again one strike away from escaping the stanza unscathed when UNCG cleanup hitter Lloyd Enzor lifted a fly ball into right field. The hit landed in front of right fielder Tyler Tewell and took an unusually high bounce over Tewell’s head that went all the way to the wall for an RBI triple that gave the Spartans a 9-8 lead. One pitch later, Thomas Troelstrup lined a single into left-center field that brought Enzor home from third and stretched the UNCG advantage to 10-8. Appalachian had opportunities over its final two at-bats to draw even but both threats were thwarted by untimely double plays. Appalachian, which dropped to 23-2 at home this season, takes a five-day break for final exams this week before resuming SoCon play with a three-game series at Samford next weekend. The three-game set opens with a doubleheader on Saturday at 2 p.m. (ET) in Birmingham, Ala