SMITHFIELD, RI. — The Sacred Heart University baseball team dropped a 13-5 contest to Bryant after a tough six-run second inning on Saturday.

Records:
Sacred Heart: 4-33, 3-11 NEC
Bryant: 17-19, 7-7 NEC

Up Next:
SHU plays its final game against Bryant on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Statistical Leaders:
Justin Jordan (SHU): 3-4, 3RBI
Joey Skarad (SHU): 2-2, 2R, 2BB
Tim McGuire (SHU): 1-3, 2R, 1BB

Pitchers:
Michael Attonito (SHU): (L, 1-2) 1.1IP, 5H, 3R, 1BB
Brett Wichrowski (BU): (W, 1-0) 5.0IP, 5H, 3R, 2BB, 5K

Of Note:
Joey Skarad and Tim McGuire accounted for four runs as they each crossed home twice. 

In the third inning, lead off hitter Justin Jordan doubled down the left field line to bring home McGuire and Joe Emerson. McGuire recorded his second run of the day in the ninth inning off a sacrifice fly to centerfield off the bat of Ryan Donnelly.

With two in scoring position, Sam Mongelli grounded out to shortstop and allowed Skarad to cross the plate in the third inning. Four frames later, Skarad's leadoff triple put him scoring position for Jordan's single up the middle.

Bryant took the lead early with a run in the first, followed by six more runs in the following frame to put the home team up 7-0. The Bulldogs extended their lead with six more runs across the third, fourth and seventh innings.

Despite stranding eight Bulldogs on the bags, Bryant outhit SHU 14-8.

For his 12th multi-hit game this season, Jordan went three for four with a season-high three RBIs. Skarad landed on base in all four at bats after hitting two and walking twice for a pair of runs.

In back-to-back games, Jake McDowell had a season-high five strikeouts after 4.2 innings of work.