EMMITSBURG, Md.— Led by redshirt junior PJ DeFilippo's career-high seven runs batted in and season-high 19 hits as a team, the Sacred Heart baseball team powered past Mount St. Mary's 19-7 on Friday afternoon. The Pioneers (14-25, 7-6 NEC) plated a season-high 19 runs and four home runs to down the Mountaineers (5-30, 3-14) in the series opener at Straw Family Stadium.

The last time SHU scored 19 runs was on April 7, 2013 in a 19-1 victory over Quinnipiac. DeFilippo led the Pioneers offense that featured six batters with multi-hit games. He set a career-high four hits with a three-run home run and grand slam for a career-high seven RBI. Captains Ted Shaw and Keith Klebart contributed a grand slam and solo shot for the Pioneers. Klebart, freshman Austin Markmann and junior Alex Perry all recorded three-hits. Klebart set new career-high with four runs scored.

Sacred Heart got things going in the top of the first inning as DeFilippo smacked the two-out three-run blast to left field off Jordan Lawson to take the early lead. DeFilippo entered the day with just one career home run on April 2, 2015 against FDU. Mount St. Mary's got on the board thanks to Jared Urban's single to right center field in the bottom of the second inning. Klebart roped his second home run of the season over the left field fence to give SHU the 4-1 lead. 

The Mountaineers responded with Will Enrico's two-run shot to left to cut the deficit to one run. SHU added back-to-back two run innings in the fourth and fifth. After junior Cody Doyle laced his first career triple to left center field to lead off the fourth, Perry knocked him in with the RBI double. Freshman Elijah Brown drove Perry in two batters later with his sacrifice fly. Markmann pulled a two-RBI single down the left field line to drive in the two runs in the fifth, giving SHU the 8-3 lead. Mount proceeded to sneak back within one run as a four-run bottom of the sixth on the three-RBI double from Patrick Causa and RBI single from Tyler Post brought the score to 8-7.

The Pioneers continued to pull ahead in the top of the seventh as Perry plated his fifth triple of the season to drive in DeFilippo and Doyle. Back-to-back walks issued by reliever Sean Flynn put the bases loaded for Shaw, who delivered the grand slam over the right field fence giving SHU the of the game to bring the score to 14-7. Markmann added his third RBI of the game with a single in the top of the eighth. DeFilippo delivered his second home run and SHU's second grand slam in the top of the ninth to cap the stellar afternoon at the plate to bring the eventual final score to 19-7.

Taubl earned his third victory of the season going five and a third innings, he struck out four batters on the afternoon. Sophomore Baylor Sundahl, graduate Mike Lembo and junior Ethan Lonardelli pitched scoreless innings to close out the game. 

The Pioneers and Mountaineers square off in a doubleheader tomorrow with game one starting at 1:00 p.m.