Cary, NC - The Wagner baseball team emerged victorious in an offensive battle on Friday, defeating Dartmouth 19-13. The game saw 32 total runs on 37 total hits with all of Wagner's starters driving in a run.

Senior Griffin Selby was the star of the day, finishing 4-6 and adding on five RBIs.

The first two innings produced nine total runs with Dartmouth pulling ahead 7-2. But the third inning saw the tide shift in Wagner's favor. 

Three straight RBIs from senior David Melfi, redshirt junior Xavier Ulrich and senior DiMaggio Cazares cut the deficit to two. Senior Griffin Selby then drove in two more runs on a double to left field to tie the game at seven.

Senior Maimu Kobayashi followed suit, earning the Seahawks their first lead of the day with his third hit in the early going. 

Senior Dante Faicchio and Melfi padded the lead with two more RBIs.

On eight hits the Seahawks scattered eight runs against the Big Green in a huge third inning. All that was left was for the pitching staff to protect the lead. 

Following freshmen Ryan Bilka and Will Saxenmeyer, junior Nicholas Hanson came into the fray with a 10-7 lead and allowed three base runners to cross the plate in two innings. 

But a home run to left field from Selby in the top of the fourth inning and three more insurance runs aided Hanson's case as he gave way to senior Eric Crouse with a four-run cushion.

Selby continued to give his pitching staff leeway. In the sixth inning his single through the left side brought in two more runs for Wagner. This elevated Selby's RBI total to five as the Seahawks continued to fight off Dartmouth.

Crouse sped through his first two innings of work, including a five-pitch clean sixth inning, the first of the day for the Green & White. He silenced the Dartmouth bats, allowing no earned runs across four innings before handing the ball off to senior Jagger Duquette to finish the outing.

Up next for the Seahawks is a doubleheader on Saturday. The first game will be played at 11:00 am against Penn State followed by a 2:00 pm game against Holy Cross.