The law of averages ruled in Butler's favor Tuesday night.

Max Vogel's sacrifice fly plated pinch-runner Zach Duggan with the deciding run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the BlueSox snapped a four-game losing streak with a 7-6 Prospect League win over Quincy (Ill.) at Pullman Park.

Vogel entered the game with a .233 batting average. He was 3-for-4 before his at-bat in the ninth.

"I wasn't thinking about a fourth hit there," he said. "Just look for something up and get the ball in the air."

The BlueSox (7-9) took a 6-4 lead into the top of the ninth, only to see the Gems tie the game against University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee closer Cameron Armstrud, who was making his BlueSox debut.

With one out, Quincy's Jon Myers hit a weak grounder to second that was booted for an error. On a hit-and-run, Vinnie Fayard broke his bat and tapped a ground ball toward the vacated second base position.

Matt Mirabel's soft liner over third loaded the bases and Andrew Host lined a two-run single to right.

"That (Host) hit was the only ball they hit hard that inning," BlueSox manager Jason Wuerfel said. "Cameron led the Horizon League in saves this spring and he pitched well tonight. Stuff like that can happen.

"We had two choices after we got the third out: Come in, feel sorry for ourselves and crumble or try to win a ballgame."

They chose the latter.

Kevan Smith, a Seneca Valley graduate and the BlueSox's leading hitter with a .368 average, drilled an 0-2 pitch into the right-center field gap for a leadoff double. Duggan replaced him as a pinch-runner.

An intentional walk to Butler's John Sulzicki, a sacrifice bunt by Tyler Sciacca and an intentional pass to Adam Jury loaded the bases for Vogel, who lofted a deep fly ball to right that easily plated Duggan.

"I didn't feel any differently tonight than I did on any other night," Vogel said. "The hits just fell in tonight."

The Gems stranded 12 runners Tuesday, including nine in the first five innings. They walked four batters unintentionally and two of them scored.

Quincy leads the Prospect League with a .281 team batting average.

"You can't score six or seven runs in a game and lose," Gems manager Chris Martin said. "Walks have been killing us all year"

Another BlueSox player who had been struggling, left fielder Colby Roberts, played an integral part in grabbing a 6-4 lead.

With Butler trailing 4-2 in the fifth, Roberts walked, stole second and scored to pull the BlueSox within a run. He then delivered a two-run single in the sixth to put Butler ahead, 5-4.

Roberts, who scored Butler's sixth run from second base when Smith reached on an infield error, began the game Tuesday hitting .188, but he went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, two RBI and a stolen base.

"That's more like it," he said.

Despite Roberts' low batting average, Wuerfel had him leading off Tuesday.

"I believe in these guys and they're believing in themselves," Wuerfel said. "Talent will rise to the surface eventually."

Quincy 100 030 002 — 6 15 2Butler 100 113 001 — 7 14 22 outs when winning run scoredW: Cameron Armstrud 1 IP (1K, 0BB).

L: Kevin Lee X\c IP (0K, 2BB).

Quincy (7-8): Trentt Copeland 1B, Jake Hibbard 1B, Zack Kometani 2-1B, Jon Myers 1B 2-R, Vinnie Fayard 4-1B 2-R 2-RBI, Matt Mirabel 2-1B, Andrew Host 2B 2-1B 3-RBI, John Lorenz 1B RBI

Butler (7-9): Colby Roberts 2-1B 2-RBI 2-R, Jon Craycraft 2-1B, Kevan Smith 1B 2B, John Sulzicki 2-1B 2-RBI, Tyler Sciacca 1B, Adam Jury 1B, Max Vogel 3-1B RBI, Logan Uxa 1B RBI