The Mount St. Mary's baseball team swept a doubleheader at Maryland-Eastern Shore on Tuesday afternoon. The Mount rallied for an 8-7 win in 10 innings in the opener before posting a 15-4 victory in the nightcap.

Mark Quaranta provided the heroics in the opening game, tying the game with an RBI double in the eighth and knocking in the winning run with a double in the top of the 10^th inning. Quaranta finished the game 4-for-6 at the plate with two doubles and two RBI for the Mount (5-6).

Trailing 7-6 in the top of the eighth, Sam Nott and Andrew Caron had back-to-back walks to open the inning. After Shane Eyler flew out, Quaranta doubled to left to plate Nott with the tying run. Caron was thrown out at home on the play trying to score the go-ahead run.

In the top of the 10^th, Eyler singled with two outs and scored when Quaranta ripped a shot to right-center field to plate Eyler with the winning run.

Dan Horner picked up the win, tossing 5.1 innings of scoreless relief, allowing just two hits with four strikeouts. Andrew Schrock was the starter, allowing seven runs in 4.2 innings.

Caron was 2-for-4 with three RBI while Tommy Flynn and Eyler added two hits each in the win.

UMES (1-14) scored single runs in each of the first two innings to take a 2-0 advantage. The Mount rallied for three runs in the top of the third to take the lead. Tony Quaranta singled to open the frame. After a Flynn fielder's choice, Foster walked to put two runners on for Nott, who singled up the middle to cut the deficit to 2-1. Caron followed with a double to plate Flynn and Nott to give the Mountaineers the lead.

UMES tied the game in the bottom of the third on a James Newsome sacrifice fly, but Schrock got out of a bases-loaded jam to avoid further damage.

The Mount regained the lead with three runs in the top of the fourth inning. Winter walked and scored on a Zach Helman triple for a 4-3 lead. Michael Foster chipped in an RBI single and Caron a sacrifice fly to push the lead to 6-3.

The Hawks scored four times in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead. Franklin Armstrong had a two-run single to make it a one-run game before Trevon Johnson's two-run double gave UMES the lead, 7-6.

The Mountaineers wasted little time taking control in the second game, scoring eight runs in the top of the first en route to a 15-4 win.

Foster was 5-for-5 at the plate with two runs scored and two RBI to pace the Mountaineers while Flynn was 3-for-5 with five runs scored and a pair of RBI. Helman added a 3-for-4 game with three RBI while Mark Quaranta, Caron and Tom Healy each had a pair of hits in the victory.

On the mound, Karl Lamont allowed one run in five innings of work to pick up the victory.

Helman had a two-run single and Flynn a two-run double to highlight the Mount's eight-run first inning. The Mountaineers sent 13 batters to the plate in the inning, tallying six hits.

Mark Quaranta and Caron added RBI singles in the third to push the Mount's advantage to 10-1. Quaranta added an RBI double in the fourth and Helman an RBI two-base hit in the fifth to extend the lead to 12-1. After UMES scored three in the bottom of the sixth, the Mount rounded out the game by scoring three times in the top of the seventh. Foster had a two-run single in the seventh to complete his 5-for-5 game.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Friday with a 3:00 p.m. game at Wagner. It is the first of a four-game series that opens Northeast Conference play.