ERIE, Pa. - The D'Youville University baseball team opened the season in Erie, Pa. against Mercyhurst on Wednesday afternoon. Mercyhurst is ranked No. 7 in the Atlantic Region by the NCBWA and took the game by a 5-2 margin.

How It Happened:

• The game was 0-0 going into the bottom of the second when Mercyhurst hit a solo home run to take a 1-0 lead.

• In the top of the third, Alec Boucher doubled, followed by a Billy Morris double to plate Boucher, making it a 1-1 game.

• Action did not occur again until the top of the fifth when Boucher singled and Morris walked to begin the frame, allowing the Saints to go ahead 2-1.

• Mercyhurst answered back in the bottom half with a one-out RBI single to left, tying up the game at 2-2.

• After a leadoff single by Mercyhurst to start the seventh, DYU made a pitching change and retired the next two batters before a two-out, two-run HR broke the tie, 4-2.

• The Lakers added an insurance run in the eighth to cap off the 5-2 win.

Inside the Numbers:

• Boucher 2-4, 2 R
• Morris 2-3, BB, RBI in his college debut
• Chris Auclair (ND) 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 7 K

UP NEXT
The Saints take the diamond next at the Sue Morris Sports Complex on Feb. 24th, when they face West Chester at Glenville State in Glenville, W.V. The game will begin at 5 P.M.