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Emmitsburg, MD - Mount St. Mary's scored 12-straight runs in a 14-4 win over Wagner in the series finale at Straw Family Stadium. With the victory, the Mountaineers take the series by a 3-1 count while improving to 10-13 and 6-2 in the Northeast Conference as the Seahawks fall to 8-12 and 5-3 in the NEC.

The Mount rapped out four home runs and three doubles among their 13 hits while drawing 10 walks on the afternoon and was led by Jacob Darr, who went 4-for-4 with three runs and two RBI. Andrew Caron also had a big game, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles and six RBI.

Wagner took the early lead with three unearned runs in the top of the first inning off reigning Akadema NEC Pitcher of the Week RHP Kent Worthington. Senior Damian Csakai (Freehold Township, NJ / Freehold Township) reached via an error before junior Seth Boyd (Perth Amboy, NJ / Perth Amboy) and senior Vin Avella (Matawan, NJ / CBA) each drew walks, loading up the bases with no outs. Worthington, who hurled a no hitter in his last game, buckled down and struck out the next two batters before junior Jared Gruccio (Landisville, NJ / Buena Regional) crushed a bases-clearing triple to the left center gap, scoring Csakai, Boyd and Avella.

Mount St. Mary's rallied for two runs with a two-out rally in the bottom of the first inning. Darr and Kyle Kane each singled before Shane Eyler walked. Caron followed with a walk, forcing in Darr. Kane then came across on a wild pitch, cutting the Seahawk lead to 3-2.

The Green & White got one of those runs back with another two-out RBI in the top of the second inning. Junior Brian Martutartus (Carlsbad, CA / La Costa Canyon) put the pieces in motion with a one-out triple. One batter later, junior Seth Boyd (Perth Amboy, NJ / Perth Amboy) singled off Worthington's glove, plating Martutartus to give Wagner a 4-2 lead.

From that point on it was all Mountaineers as the Mount tied it up at 4-4 with two unearned runs in the bottom of the second before erupting for three runs in the fourth, six in the fifth and one in the sixth to provide the final 14-4 tally.

Worthington (2-1) settled down after allowing four runs over the first two frames, retiring nine-straight batters at one point and 16 of 17 batters before exiting with one out in the top of the eighth inning. For the game, he struck out 10 while allowing four runs, one earned, on four hits and three walks over 7.1 innings.

Pitching in his first game since April 4, 2009, Andy Wells (Staten Island, NY / St. Peter's) took the loss in relief, allowing five runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 2.2 innings of work. After giving up a lead-off home run in the top of the fifth inning, fifth-year senior looked impressive in striking out the next two hitters looking before exiting. Freshman Christian Rautenstrauch (Charlotte, NC / Providence Day) was solid in relief, hurling 3.0 scoreless innings to close out the game.

Gruccio and Martutartus each tripled leading a six-hit Wagner attack. Avella went 0-3 with a walk and a run while seeing his team-high 13 game hitting streak come to an end. He has now hit safely in 18-of-20 games to start the year and continues to lead the squad in batting (.365), hits (27), runs (22), doubles (7), home runs (8), RBI (30) and slugging percentage (.784).

Wagner hosts St. John's on Wednesday, April 7 at 3:00 pm.