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Ryan Adams
9
Mercyhurst MER 4-11
12
Winner Stonehill STO 4-13
Mercyhurst MER
4-11
9
Final
12
Stonehill STO
4-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Mercyhurst MER 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 9 9 1
Stonehill STO 4 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 X 12 14 4

W: Florence, Josh (1-0) L: Zac Evenson (1-1) S: Basgaard, Noah (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Five-Run Sixth Lifts Baseball Past Mercyhurst, 12-9

WESTWOOD, Mass. (March 20, 2026) – The Stonehill College baseball team returned to NEC action with a 12-9 victory over Mercyhurst University on Friday afternoon at Xaverian Brothers High School. With the win, the Skyhawks improved to 4-13 overall and 3-1 in conference play, while the Lakers fell to 4-11 overall and 4-3 in NEC action.
 
Highlights
  • Senior Sean McGee led the Skyhawks at the plate, going 3-for-6 with three runs scored, one RBI, and a home run. The performance marked his third three-hit game of the season.
  • Juniors Ryan LeClair, Eisig Chin, Nick Lundquist, and Nathan Kearney each recorded multi-hit performances.
  • LeClair and Lundquist belted their third and first home runs of the season, respectively, while Chin tallied the team's first triple of the year. Kearney extended both his hitting and on-base streaks to nine games.
  • Senior Michael Rickert tied Lundquist for the team lead with three RBI, finishing 1-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored, and a home run.
  • Graduate student Sam Parks recorded a double and extended his team-best hitting streak to 11 games.
  • Senior Jimmy Gilleran struck out a season-high four batters over 3.2 innings, while sophomores Alex Cook, Hunter Bell, and Noah Basgaard combined for 4.2 innings of scoreless relief.
  • Basgaard earned his second save of the season, while sophomore Josh Florence picked up his first win of the year.
 
How It Happened
Stonehill wasted little time jumping out to an early lead, plating four runs in the bottom of the first inning. A pair of two-run home runs off the bats of LeClair and Rickert within a four-batter span powered the Skyhawks to a 4-0 advantage. On the mound, Gilleran was sharp early, allowing just two hits while striking out four across his first three innings of work.

Mercyhurst broke through in the top of the fourth, erupting for six runs to take its first lead of the series. After a scoreless fifth, the Lakers threatened to add on in the sixth, loading the bases, but Cook and Florence combined to escape the jam and keep the deficit at two.

Stonehill answered in a big way in the bottom half of the inning, erupting for five runs to reclaim control. Rickert drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game at 6-6 before freshman Kacin Robinson delivered a two-run single to give the Skyhawks the lead for good. Chin followed with an RBI single, and Robinson later scored on a fielder's choice to cap the rally and make it 10-6.

McGee added a solo home run in the seventh to extend the lead, but Mercyhurst responded with three runs in the eighth to pull within two. Lundquist provided an insurance run with a home run later in the inning, pushing the lead to three. From there, Basgaard shut the door in the ninth, securing the 12-9 victory for Stonehill.
 
Up Next
Stonehill (4-13, 3-1 NEC) closes out its three-game set against Mercyhurst with a doubleheader on Sunday starting at 11 a.m.

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