York, Pa. (May 4, 2018) - Third-seeded Hood College (30-10) scored in each of the last three innings in a 10-6 win over top-seeded Alvernia University (26-13-2) Friday afternoon in game four of the MAC Commonwealth Baseball Championships.

Hood scored two runs in the seventh to break a 5-5 tie.  The Blazers scored the first run on a single off the bat of Daniel Shepherd and the second came home on a balk call.

Alvernia was able to get one back in the bottom of the seventh on a Matt Briner single with two out that scored Hunter Hart, but Hood tacked on two in the eighth and another in the ninth for for the 10-6 final.

Dillon Dunne was 3-for-5 at the plate with a run scored and an RBI.  Briner finished 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs.

Alvernia is eliminated from the championships.  Hood advances to the losers bracket final against #4 Widener on Friday evening.  The winner faces #2 Arcadia in the Championship series on Saturday.

Hood rallied with two out in the top of the first to score a run.  Shepherd singled into the hole at short then stole second and third and scored when Brad Sawyer slashed a double to left.  That hit put two on with two out, but Zack Landy ended the threat when Drake Friend hit a soft liner to short.

Alvernia wasted little time getting on the board against Hood's ace, Nate Luscombe.  Dunne smashed a double to the track in center and moved up on a wild pitch. Hunter Hart walked and stole second then Nathan Sides lifted a sacrifice fly to center and Briner grounded out to short to score Hart and put the Golden Wolves up 2-1.

Landy put the Blazers down in order in the top of the second on seven pitches.  Marcus Celiano hit his third home run of the season out to center for a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the second, and the Wolves manufactured a run when Mike Cirilli singled, moved up on a failed pick off attempt, and came around on a Dunne single up the middle.

Landy worked well through the third and fourth, but ran into trouble in the fifth.  The Blazers opened the inning with back-to-back singles then Landy bounced a throw to first on a sacrifice bunt and the bases were loaded.

Cam Esposito singled inside the bag at third to bring in two runs.  The Blazers tied the game on a groundout to short, and took a 5-4 lead when Sawyer hit a two-out single through the right side to score Esposito.

Nicholas Marotta took the ball from Landy and got out of the inning on one pitch with a fly ball to right.

Alvernia was able to bounce right back in the bottom of the fifth putting together a pair of two out hits to score a run.  Sides doubled to the gap in left center and Briner hit a soft liner that the second baseman dove for. He recovered to grab the ball, but threw wild to first allowing Sides to come around.

#3 Hood 10, #1 Alvernia 6