NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Sacred Heart University baseball team was able to complete its comeback to defeat Yale, 9-8 on the road Wednesday afternoon. With the win, the Pioneers improve to 11-19, while Yale falls to 11-17 on the season.

Jackson Aldam got the win after giving up one run in 1.1 innings of relief. Anthony Porrino and Danny Glendon led the SHU offense, as they each went 2-for-5 with two RBI's apiece.

Team Records

Sacred Heart (11-19, 5-4 NEC)

Yale (11-17, 5-4 IVY)

NOTES (SHU 9, Yale 8):

• Billy O'Brien got the start and took the no-decision after giving up one run in two innings of work

• Jackson Aldam got the win after giving up one run in 1.1 innings of relief

• Jake Frasca earned his second save of the season and struck out two in the ninth

• Danny Glendon and Anthony Porrino each went 2-for-5 with two RBI's apiece

• Trevor Fagan and Isiah Daubon drove in a run apiece

• The Pioneers got on the board first after Isiah Daubon delivered a sacrifice-fly to score Joe Emerson from third to give SHU a 1-0 lead in the first inning

• The Bulldogs tied the contest at 1-1 after tallying a run in the bottom of the first

• With SHU leading 2-1 in the third, Porrino recorded a two-run single to push the Pioneer lead to 4-1

• With the Pioneers holding a 6-1 lead, Yale struck for three runs in the fifth to trim the SHU lead to 6-4

• The Bulldogs battled to tie the contest at 6-6 after plating two runs in the sixth

• The Pioneers took a 7-6 lead in the seventh after Daubon scored on a wild pitch

• Yale tallied a run in the seventh and eighth inning to take an 8-7 heading into the ninth

• The Pioneers tied the game at 8-8 after Glendon delivered on a two-out RBI double

• During the next at-bat, Frasca scored on a wild pitch to give the Pioneers the 9-8 lead and eventual win

NEXT TIME OUT

The Pioneers will be back in action on Friday, April 12, when the Pioneers travel to take on Central Connecticut at 3:00 p.m.