ANDOVER, Mass. — Down by a pair of runs going into the fifth inning, the Sacred Heart University baseball team drove in five runs for the lead and cinched a 13-7 victory at Merrimack on Saturday. The game-changing inning was capped off by a two-run RBI off the bat of Trevor Fagan to put the Pioneers up, 7-5.

Records:
Sacred Heart: 2-19, 1-1 NEC
Merrimack: 5-11-1, 1-1 NEC

Up Next:

SHU wraps up its final game of the series on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Statistical Leaders:
Sam Mongelli (SHU): 3-5, 3R, 1HR, 2RBI
Joe Emerson (SHU): 1-5, 2R, 2RBI
Justin Jordan (SHU): 1-4, 2R, 1RBI

Pitchers:
Ryan LaMay (SHU): (W, 1-3) 8.0IP, 9H, 6R, 3BB, 2K
Vin Zappulla (MC): (W, 2-2) 6.1IP, 7H, 5R, 3BB, 6K

Of Note:

The fifth inning was all the momentum the Pioneers needed to button up the win. Justin Jordan's double which brought home Justin Levito put the senior in prime scoring position. Three batters later, the bases were full of Pioneers and Joe Emerson's walk allowed Jordan to cross the plate. 

On the next at-bat, George Sutherland drove in Sam Mongelli to knot the game at five. Fagan's single allowed Emerson and Ryan Donnelly to come home for the eventual winning runs. 

Mongelli tallied his fourth dinger of the season and nabbed an early lead for the visitors with a two-run home run in the first inning. 

The Warriors grabbed a three-run lead with a grand slam in the bottom of the first. 

Joe Emerson added an insurance run in the sixth to allow Mongelli to score, then two batters later, Michael Hernandez padded the lead by six with a three-run RBI. 

Ryan LaMay put in eight innings of work for his first win of the season with a pair of strikeouts.