GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Michael Hartnagel went 5-for-5 and drove in three runs and Butler scored six unanswered runs to erase a three-run deficit en route to a 10-7 victory over Furman in Wednesday afternoon baseball action at Latham Stadium.

The win improves Butler to 7-6 on the season while Furman falls to 8-4 with the loss.  The Paladins open a three-game series at Ole Miss on Friday.

Furman built a 7-4 third inning lead on the strength of two home runs by junior catcher Jason Costa, who belted a grand slam to left field in the first inning and a solo shot to left-center field to lead off the third, but the Paladins did next to nothing offensively over the final six frames, managing only three singles against a trio of Bulldog relievers.

The Bulldogs began their comeback in the fourth, cutting Furman's lead to 7-5 on Garrett Christman's RBI single that drove home Tyler Houston, who had doubled with two outs.

Butler made it a 7-6 game in the sixth on Hartnagel's two-out double down the left field line that drove home Houston.

Zach Jarosz's two-out single thru the right off Paladin reliever Nolan Mullen in the seventh plated Harrison Freed to tie the game at 7-7, and an inning later the Bulldogs roughed up Mullen for three more runs, taking the lead on a Christman home run to right field on the first offering of the inning.  Jordan Lucio's two-run single made it 10-7.

Furman put a pair of runners on base in the ninth against Butler closer Chris Myjak, but could not take advantage as Myjak ended it by getting pinch hitter Trent Alley on a fly ball to right field.

The Bulldogs banged out 17 hits in the contest, getting 10 hits and eight RBI from their first four players in the lineup.  Christman followed Hartnagel's five-hit performance by going 3-for-6 with two RBI and two runs scored, and Houston and Jarosz had two-hit afternoons.

Coasta's 2-for-5, five-RBI effort paced Furman, which finished with 10 hits.

River Pitlock (1-0) worked a scoreless seventh to collect the win, the beneficiary of Butler's three-ruin eighth.

The loss went to Mullen (0-1), who surrendered four runs, three of which were earned, on five hits in just 1 2/3 innnings.  He struck out three.