EMMITSBURG, Md. - Kent Worthington (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) tossed a six-hit shutout in the opener and Andrew Caron (Waynesboro, Pa./Waynesboro) capped a four-run rally with an RBI single in the seventh in the nightcap to help Mount St. Mary's sweep Long Island in a Northeast Conference (NEC) baseball doubleheader on Saturday. The Mountaineers won the 4-0 in the first game and 5-4 in the second contest of the day.

Worthington threw his second shutout of the season after scattering six hits in a seven-inning complete game to improve to 3-2 on the year. The senior also registered eight strikeouts, including six in the first three innings.

In the nightcap, the Mount (17-25, 11-12 NEC) fell behind 4-1 before scoring twice in the sixth and twice in the seventh to cap a thrilling come-from-behind victory. With the game tied at 2, Caron smacked a line-drive single to right field to plate Zach Helman (Waynesboro, Pa./Waynesboro) with the decisive run. Caron recorded two hits, a run scored and an RBI in the two games. Along with scoring the game-winning run, Helman had four hits on the afternoon, a run scored and an RBI.

Mike Matta (Woodbridge, Va./Potomac) got the win the nightcap after allowing four runs on nine hits with four strikeouts for his third win of the season. The senior started the day in center field and smacked his first homer of the season and scored twice in the opener. Shane Eyler (Taneytown, Md./Francis Scott Key) went 2-for-3 in the second game with three RBIs, including a two-run homer in the sixth to trim the margin to 4-3. Eyler added a hit and a run scored in the first game.

Sam Sciamarelli paced the Blackbirds (11-31, 8-15 NEC) with two hits, two RBIs and a run scored and Gerard Tingos added a hit, two RBIs and a run scored in the nightcap.

In the opener, Worthington took control on the mound and the Mount St. Mary's offense gave him four runs to help the Mount to a 4-0 victory.

Matta led off the bottom of the first with a line-drive rocket that cleared the left center fence to give the Mountaineers a 1-0 lead.

Matta was the catalyst in the third for Mount St. Mary's second run of the day. The senior walked, stole second and touched home on Kyle Kane's(Boonsboro, Md./Boonsboro) single to center for a 2-0 advantage.

The Mount then added two runs in the sixth to seal the victory. Eyler and Josh Winter (Timonium, Md./Boys' Latin) started the rally with back-to-back doubles for the first run before Helman plated Winter on an RBI single to center to cap the 4-0 win.

In the nightcap, Long Island jumped out to a 4-1 margin before the Mountaineers scored four times in the last two innings to come away with the victory.

Trailing 4-1, Kane reached when he was hit by the pitch before Eyler drilled his team-leading fifth home run of the season over the left center fence to cut the deficit to 4-3.

Mount St. Mary's then scored twice in the seventh to earn the twinbill sweep. Mark Quaranta (Virginia Beach, Va./Loyola Blakefield) started the frame with a single to left field before Helman pushed pinch runner Sam Nott (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) to third on a single to center. With runners on second and third with no outs, pinch hitter Tom Healy (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) tied the game at 4 on a groundout to second to bring home Nott with the tying run. After an intentional walk and a foul out, Caron sent the home crowd home happy with a two-out rocket single to right field to score Helman with the decisive run.

Long Island jumped out to a 1-0 edge in the contest with a Sciamarelli solo homer in the first before the Mountaineers tied it in the bottom of the inning. Caron was hit by the pitch and came around to score on Eyler's single to center.

The Blackbirds got two runs in the third on Tingos' two-run round tripper to right for a 3-1 edge. Sciamarelli added a run in the fourth on a run-scoring single to center for a three-run advantage, but the Mount scored the final four runs for the come-from-behind win.

Kane had three hits, an RBI and a run scored in the two games while Quaranta had two hits in the nightcap.

Mount St. Mary's and Long Island conclude the four-game series on Sunday at E.T. Straw Family Stadium. Game time is 12 p.m.