ELON, N.C. -- Antonio Alvarez drew a two-out walk, stole second, and scored on a Ryan Kinsella single in the bottom of the 12th inning to lift Elon to a 5-4 win over Furman in Southern Conference baseball action Saturday afternoon at Latham Park.

The win by Elon (5-4, 1-1 SoCon) evened the three-game series with Furman (7-3, 1-1 SoCon) heading into Sunday's 1:30 p.m. finale.  Furman won Friday's opener in 12 innings by a 10-4 score.

Elon led 4-3 after seven before Furman tied it with a run in the eighth.  Chris Ohmstede singled with one out and later scored on a passed ball.  The Paladins stranded a pair of runners at second and third when Will Muzika lined out sharply to right field to end the inning.

Furman had the potential go-ahead run at second in the 10th but Zack Greenwell's line drive was snared by Elon first baseman Tyler McVicar to end the inning.

Elon managed a couple singles in the 11th but a double play kept the Phoenix in check until the 12th when Alvarez worked the count full before drawing a two-oout walk off Paladin reliever Ryan Dittmar.  After Alvarez stole second, Dittmar intentionally walked Alex Swim, but Kinsella foiled the strategy with a single through the right side to score Alvarez for the game winner.

The Paladins took a 1-0 lead in the on a Paul Nitto RBI double that scored Hunter Burton and extended the senior catcher/first baseman's SoCon longest active hitting streak to 18 games.

Elon tied it with a run in the fourth off Furman starting pitcher Elliott Warford.

Furman jumped ahead 3-1 in the sixth with a Jordan Simpson two-out, two-run single to center field, but the Phoenix answered in their half of the sixth with three runs off Paladin starting pitcher Elliott Warford, highlighted by a two-run home run by Kinsella and a Chris Bresnahan sacrifice fly.

Warford allowed four runs, three of which were earned, on eight hits over 5 1/3 innings.  He struck out two.

Elon starter Kyle Webb went 5 2/3 innings and allowed three runs on seven hits.  He walked two and recorded eight strikeouts.

The win went to Andrew MacDonald (2-0), who surrendered only one hit and fanned three over the final three frames.

Dittmar (2-1) took the loss.

Ohmstede led Furman offensively, going 3-for-5 and scored two runs.  Simpson went 2-for-4 with two RBI, and Burton and Nitto also had two hits apiece for the Paladins, who finished with 10 hits.

Kinsella went 2-for-6 and drove in three for the Phoenix, who collected 11 hits in the contest.