EMMITSBURG, Md. (May 16, 2025) – Mount St. Mary's baseball claimed their fifteenth Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference victory on Friday afternoon after a Logan Yi' bunt walk-off in the bottom of the tenth beat the Jaspers by a score of 7-6. With the win, the Mountaineers claimed their spot in the MAAC baseball playoffs for the second year in a row. Game two of the series was halted in the bottom of the first as rain and lightning made conditions dangerous and unplayable.

After the cancelled first day of the series on Thursday due to field conditions, the Jaspers took an early 2-0 lead through the first two innings of game one on Friday. The scoreless run for the Mountaineers was finally broken as Alex Mendes hit out a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third, scoring Kyle Cincinnati for the Mount's first run. Later in the inning, Bryce Rudisill singled through the right side of the infield to score Evan Meier to tie the game at 2-2.

In the bottom of the fifth, Mendes singled through the left side of the infield, scoring Cincinnati and Sam Grube to take a two run lead. The Mount poured on more in the inning as Rudisill ground out to second, driving in Mendes for a 5-2 lead. The Jaspers went onto score two in the top of the sixth to make it 5-4, but with the bases juiced in the top of the seventh, Josh Halcisak worked himself out of a sticky situation, striking out the final batter in the inning.

The bottom of the seventh started off well for the Mount, as Evan Meier was driven in by a Mendes hard hit single up the middle to add to the lead. But a top of the ninth rally by Manhattan saw two visitor runs come across the plate to relinquish the Mount lead and force extras.

Coming into relieve Halcisak out of the bullpen, Maximus McCrary pitched to a one, two, three inning, fanning the lead off man while producing a ground out and a fly out. Mendes drew a walk to start the bottom of the tenth followed by a Rudisill hit by pitch two put two men on base. A double steal was put in motion, putting both men into scoring position. Then, after much deliberation from the Manhattan coaching staff, putting five men into the infield, Logan Yi pinch hit for Sam Dinitz with zero outs on the board. After taking a first pitch ball, Yi laid down a bunt in front of the plate with enough back spin to completely halt the ball in between the pitcher and catcher, scoring Mendes from third while sending the Mount dugout into pandemonium over the walk-off bunt.

McCrary was accredited with his fifth win of the year while Halcisak recorded three innings of five-strikeout baseball and Eli DeRossi worked six innings on the mound, striking out three batters in the process.

With the win, the Mount secured their spot in the 2025 MAAC Baseball Playoffs, their second appearance in the post-season in as many years while sitting in sixth place.
After an inning and a two-thirds played in game two where Manhattan retained a 2-0 lead, the game was suspended due to rain and lightning with play set to resume tomorrow, May 17^th, at 12:00 p.m. in Emmitsburg.