ANDOVER, Mass. — George Sutherland put the Sacred Heart University baseball team up by one run in the sixth inning, but it wasn't enough in a narrow 3-2 loss at Merrimack. The graduate transfer brought home Sam Mongelli and Ryan Donnelly in the first and sixth innings to grab the short lead for the Red & White on Sunday.

Records:
Sacred Heart: 2-20, 1-2 NEC
Merrimack: 6-11-1, 2-1 NEC

Up Next:
Sacred Heart travels to in-state opponent Yale for a mid-week contest on Wednesday at 3 p.m.

Statistical Leaders:
George Sutherland (SHU): 1-3, 2RBI
Ryan Donnelly (SHU): 2-3, 1R
Sam Mongelli (SHU): 1-4, 1R

Pitchers:
Jake Babuschak (SHU): (L, 0-4) 6.0IP, 6H, 3R, 2BB, 4K
Cedric Gillette (MC): (W, 2-3) 6.0IP, 4H, 2R, 2BB, 3K
Timmy Kalantzakos (MC): (S, 2) 3.0, 2H

Of Note:
In three consecutive at-bats in the opening inning, the bases were loaded as George Sutherland walked to allow Sam Mongelli to cross the plate. Sutherland's second RBI came five frames later off a single to right field that allowed Ryan Donnelly to score and put SHU up, 2-1.

The Warriors opened the bottom of the sixth with a home run out of the right field to knot the game at two, followed by the winning run two batters later off a sacrifice fly to centerfield.

Mongelli leads the team with 13 runs scored on the season, followed by Donnelly in second with 12.