FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Sacred Heart University baseball team shut out Canisius to take the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) series,13-0, in seven innings. After a quiet first two games, the Pioneer's bats were hot totaling 10 hits and four home runs, one being a grand slam from Chuck Tallman.
 
Records
SHU: 17-17 (11-7 MAAC)
Canisius: 7-21 (5-9 MAAC)
 
Pitching
Ryan Parker (W, 2-3): 5.0 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 2 K
Lou Stallone: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 3 K
Charlie Costello: 1.0 IP
 
Hitting
Gavin Donohue: 2 H, 2 RBI, 1 HR
Peter Link: 2 H, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR
Chuck Tallman: 1 H, 4 RBI, 1 HR
Alex Ungar: 1 H, 1 RBI, 1 HR
 
How it Happened
The Pioneers started scoring early adding a run in the first with an RBI double from Peter Link.
 
With two outs, Gavin Donohue led the Pios in a five-run inning in the second with a two-run homer to left field. In the next at bat, Alex Ungar homered off the first pitch to center field. SHU reloaded two runners on base as Steak Newman doubled to right center to plate Dante D'Amore and Link for a 6-0 lead.
 
After a quiet third and fourth, leadoff batter \ Link squared up to add the third Pioneer home run extending SHU's 7-0 lead. 
 
With bases loaded in the sixth inning, SHU worked back-to-back walks to plate two more. After a pitching change, Chuck Tallman swung on the first pitch securing his first collegiate grand slam. Those runs secured the 13-run win forcing the mercy rule completing the game in seven innings
 
 
Up Next
The Pioneers return home on Tuesday at 3 p.m. to face UMass before heading to Rider for the weekend.