Emmitsburg, Md. (May 13, 2011)-Pinch runner Brandon Scott scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh to lift Mount St. Mary's to a 3-2 win over NEC regular season champion Monmouth in the second game of a doubleheader on Friday afternoon.  The Hawks took the opener, 7-2.

Scott raced home all the way from second base on a Michael Foster ground out with the winning run in the bottom the seventh inning.

Zach Helman singled through the right side to open the inning and Scott came on as a pinch runner.  Josh Winter sacrificed Scott to second and Mark Quaranta walked to put runners on first and second for Foster, who grounded out to first base, but Scott raced home on the play for the winning run.

The Hawks (33-17, 24-7 NEC) took the early lead in the second game with a pair of runs in the top of the first.  Chris Perret singled up the middle top plate the first run while the second scored on a wild pitch.

The Mountaineers (15-34, 7-24 NEC) answered in the bottom of the first when Andrew Caron singled with two outs and Nott followed with a homer to left to even the score.  It was Nott's second homer of the day.

In the top of the fifth, Monmouth loaded the bases on a pair walks and a hit batsman with one, but reliever Dan Horner got out of the jam with a double-play.  

Tommy Flynn had a pair of bunt singles in the win.  Buddy Fields was the winning pitcher, pitching 1.2 innings of scoreless relief. 

Marshall Thomason rebounded from a shaky first inning to have a solid start for the Mount.  Thomason allowed two runs and two hits while striking out four in 4.1 innings of work.

In the opening game, Monmouth scored four times in the top of the first inning to cruise to the victory.  Ed Martin singled and moved to third on a Ryan Terry two-base hit. Nick Pulsonetti followed with a double to score the runners for a 2-0 lead.  Owen Stewart and Tim Bickford added RBI doubles in the frame as well.

Josh Boyd extended the Monmouth lead to 7-0 with a three-run homer to left field in the top of the third inning.

The Mount got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth.  Andrew Caron doubled and Kyl Kane was hit by a pitch to start the inning.  The runners moved up 90 feet on a Shane Eyler groundout and Caron scored on a two-out wild pitch.

Nott's solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inched the Mount a bit closer, cut the deficit to 7-2.  It was Nott's first collegiate home run.

Nott finished the game 2-for-3 at the plate to lead the offense.  Nick Riley had a strong showing, pitching four innings of scoreless relief, striking out six while allowing three hits.

Andy McDonnell picked up the win for Monmouth, allowing two runs in 5.2 innings of work.

The teams complete the four-game series tomorrow with a nine-inning game at noon at the Mount's Straw Family Stadium.