Emmitsburg, Md. (March 11, 2023) – The Mountaineers returned home this weekend to welcome UMBC. A seventh inning rally boosted the Mount into the win column, 12-6. David Stirpe started the seventh with a solo homerun adding intensity to Mount St. Mary's dugout which fueled an eight-run inning.
 
Brady Drawbaugh knocked a three-run homerun over the left field fence, batting Scott Seeker and Efrain Correa, Jr. in to put the first runs on the board. Drawbaugh's homerun marks his third in the last three games. A quiet few innings went by until both teams caught fire in the seventh.
 
UMBC's consecutive doubles and RBIs by Luke Trythall and Anthony Swenda put the Retrievers up 4-3. Ian Diaz kept the offense clicking with a single that split the gap up the middle adding another run. Leewood Molessa singled to left which allowed Diaz to score, 6-3.
 
The Mountaineers responded immediately as Stirpe's homerun set the tone in the bottom of the seventh. Tyler Long, Tristan McAlister, and Shane Wockley loaded the bases with one out. Seeker earned his first RBI of the day off a single to the shortstop, allowing Wockley to cross the plate. Aiden Tierney, Correa, Jr., and Drawbaugh were among players that earned additional RBIs in the seventh, to flip the lead 8-6. Batting through the lineup, Stirpe came back to the plate and reached first on a fielder's choice, allowing Tierney to score. A walk by Wockley and a sacrifice fly by McAlister added two more RBI's, ending the scoring, 11-6.
 
Jett Slepak earned his first win of his collegiate career. Slepak finished 2 1/3 innings, allowed zero runs with three hits, while tallying four strikeouts. Cooper Adams pitched six innings, four of them scoreless while tallying three strikeouts.
 
UPCOMING
 
Games continue tomorrow at 12 p.m. to kick off a Sunday double-header against UMBC to finish out the series.