It might have taken a day longer than expected, but the Ironmen snapped their four-game losing streak with a walk-off 4-3 win over the DeKalb County (Ill.) Liners.

Just like Saturday night’s game that was suspended by rain, the score was tied 3-3 entering the ninth inning.

But this time, the Ironmen were able to finish.

With runners on first and third and one out, first baseman Austin Ingraham hit what seemed like a double-play ball up the middle.

Knowing that only getting the force at second would still allow the winning run to score, Liners second baseman Joe Long hurried his throw, sending it flying over the first baseman’s head.

“I just wanted to hit the ball up in the air, which is pretty much the opposite of what happened,” Ingraham said. “I can’t say some of the words that were going through my head as I was running to first.”

Tony Brunetti lined a double down the first base line with one out in the inning but was unable to score on a single by designated hitter Stephen Hagen.

“The outfield was playing pretty shallow, and there was only one out,” Brunetti said. “There’s a lot of things that can happen at third, like a passed ball or sac fly or a grounder. I think coach made the right decision.”

Making his first start in the Prospect League, Oberlin College’s Eric Knight, who is from Arizona, went six innings, allowing one earned run on seven hits. The right hander struck out four and walked one.

He got out a jam in the sixth inning when he got a strikeout and induced a pop fly on the infield with runners on the corners.

“He established his fastball and was able to throw is curve for strikes,” Ironmen manager Eric Cormell said. “When you can do that, you are going to be successful.”

The Ironmen (4-6) hitters were aggressive at the plate, swinging at pitches early in the count. They tallied 11 hits, including three each by Hagen and shortstop Billy Urban.

“Offensive teams are usually a little more aggressive, especially when the pitcher is throwing strikes,” Cormell said. “We’ve been doing a good job of putting the ball in play and were aggressive on the base paths. That’s our style of baseball.”

Western Reserve graduate Brandon Cantrill, who also plays at Oberlin College, came in the seventh inning with a 3-1 lead and inherited runners on second and third. Cantrill gave up a two-run single to Liners third baseman Adam Beckmann.

Both runs were unearned due to an error by Urban.

Otherwise, Cantrill went two innings with one hit and one walk.

Patrick Mulligan (2-1) picked up the win with a scoreless ninth inning. He gave up two hits, including a blooper over the shortstop’s head with two outs.

Urban took advantage of an aggressive base running attempt, gunning down Joey Bowens trying to get to third.

DeKalb County (1-4) starter Adam Karger went seven innings and threw over 120 pitches. He struck out five, walked five and hit two batters.

“I don’t know what their bullpen situation is, but we are playing so many games in such a short amount of time,” Cormell said. “Making that adjustment is important for every player, and I think these guys are starting to figure it out.”

Admiral King’s J.T. Feldkamp, who plays at Ohio Dominican, drove in the Ironmen’s first run of the game with single through the left side to score Hagen in the second inning.

Fellow Admiral King graduate Matt Toth brought a run home with a bases-loaded walk in the fourth.

The Iromen will be at home tonight to take on the Liners at 7:05 p.m.

Notes

• Saturday evening’s rain-suspended game with the Slippery Rock Sliders will be completed the next time the Sliders are back in town — June 28 and 29.

• DeKalb County came into last night’s game batting .177 as a team.