LEWISTON, Idaho - Lewis-Clark State College pitchers struck out a season-high 16 batters, but it took a solo home run from Kyle Greene to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning to stretch the Warriors' win streak to 20 with a 5-4 win over Concordia at LCSC's Harris Field on Tuesday night. 

It was only the second time this season the Warriors have gone into extra innings. LCSC, 26-2 and ranked No. 1 in the NAIA, suffered its last loss in a 3-2 10-inning setback to the College of Idaho when a Warrior outfielder dropped a fly ball. 

Greene put a dramatic end to Tuesday's ballgame with his team-leading eighth home run. Greene, who went 9-for-17 with three home runs and 10 RBI in a four-game series against the University of British Columbia last weekend, was 2-for-5 on Tuesday and is hitting .438 on the season, which leads LCSC regulars. 

Greene's home run to straight away center field gave the victory to Warrior reliever Blaine Hardy, who was simply outstanding. The junior left-hander from Shoreline, Wash., pitched 7.1 innings and allowed just three hits, no runs, and struck out a season-high 11. 

Freshman Tyler Knigge of Lewiston started for LCSC, but only made it 2.2 innings. He gave up six hits and four runs, three of which were earned, and struck out five with one walk.  LCSC pitchers had struck out 13 batters in two games this season prior to Tuesday's game. 

For one of the rare times this season, LCSC had to battle back from behind. LCSC trailed 4-2 going into the eighth inning, but scored twice to eventually force extra innings. 

Concordia, 7-12 overall, jumped out to a 4-0 lead as it scored a single run in the first inning on a sacrifice fly, and then three in the third on four hits and an error. 

LCSC couldn't mount much off of Concordia starter Ben Rue, who went four innings and allowed just three hits with a strikeout. But he was replaced by Zac Manor to start the fifth inning and the Warriors immediately went to work. 

Ikaika Lester started the bottom of the fifth with a single and Mickey Pingree followed with a walk. Travis Georgius then singled, but it turned into a double play when Pingree was thrown out at third and then Georgius was thrown out at second. Lester managed to score on the play.  Brent Wyatt hit a two-out double and then scored on a single by Paul Martin to cut the margin to 4-2. 

LCSC tied it in the eighth when Brian Ward singled and was replaced by courtesy runner Brian Bolwitt. Sean Halton followed with an RBI triple and scored on a single by Lester. 

Hardy faced only one batter over the minimum in the final five innings, thanks to picking off a runner and having a batter thrown out at second trying to stretch a single into a double. 

Wyatt, Greene, and Lester had two hits apiece to combine for half of LCSC's hit total. It's the 17th straight game LCSC has finished with 10 or more hits, but it ended a streak of six straight games of scoring in double figures. 

The two teams meet against Wednesday in a 1 p.m. doubleheader at Harris Field.