TEANECK, N.J. – The Sacred Heart University baseball team defeated Fairleigh Dickinson on the road, 13-6 Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Pioneers improve to 7-17 and 3-2 in the NEC, while Fairleigh Dickinson falls to 4-18-1 on the season and 2-3 in NEC-play.

Ryan LaMay got the start and earned the win after giving up two runs on six hits and striking out five in six innings of work. Austin Markmann went 4-for-6 in the win, while Justin Jordan, Isiah Daubon and Stephen Thibault all homered in the win.

Team Records

Sacred Heart (7-17, 3-2 NEC)

Fairleigh Dickinson (4-18-1, 2-3 NEC)

NOTES (SHU 13, FDU 6):

• Ryan LaMay got the start and earned the win after giving up two runs on six hits and striking out five in six innings of work

• Austin Markmann went 4-for-6

• Justin Jordan went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI's

• Stephen Thibault went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBI's

• Isiah Daubon went 1-for-4 with a home run, two RBI's and a walk

• Justin Levito went 2-for-5 with two RBI's

• The Pioneers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning after Jordan led the game off with a solo inside-the-park home run

• Daubon added to the lead with a two-run homer in the first to extend SHU's lead to 3-0

• Fairleigh Dickinson responded by tallying a run in the bottom of the first to cut the SHU lead to 3-1

• Trevor Fagan gave SHU a 4-1 lead after delivering on a sacrifice fly to score Markmann in the third

• Thibault launched a solo home run to left in the fifth to push the SHU lead to 5-1

• After FDU cut the SHU lead to 6-5 after eight innings of play, the Pioneers scored seven runs in the ninth

• FDU scored a run in the ninth but it wasn't enough as the Pioneers held on for the 13-6 victory

NEXT TIME OUT

The Pioneers will be back in action on Sunday Mar. 31, when the Pioneers take on Fairleigh Dickinson in the rubber-match of the series at 2:30 p.m.