A day after splitting two low-scoring games, the Muhlenberg baseball team split again, in a quite different fashion.

The Mules (7-2) and St. Lawrence combined for 49 runs in their two games. Muhlenberg came back from two runs down to win the opener, 13-9, and the Saints (3-1) took the nightcap, 21-6.

Muhlenberg put up two five-run innings in the opener, the first in the top of the second after St. Lawrence scored two runs in the bottom of the first. Senior Ryan Hebert drove in the first run with a sharp single through the right side, and a two-out error brought in the tying run. The Mules capitalized on the mistake by adding three more runs on a single by freshman Aidan Legner (his first career hit), a wild pitch and a double by senior Danny Monzo.

Senior Thomas Rodgers had the big hit in the five-run fourth, a two-out, two-run single with the bases loaded. Freshman Brendan Hughes also singled in a run with his first career hit.

The Saints scored in each of the first five innings, but the Mules kept their lead thanks to the outstanding relief work of freshman Pete Tronosky, who entered the game in the fourth with the bases loaded and nobody out. In his first career appearance, Tronosky got out of the inning with minimal damage on a double play and a strikeout. He wound up pitching three solid innings in relief to earn his first career win.

Down 13-6 entering the bottom of the seventh, St. Lawrence scored three runs and got the tying run to the plate before sophomore Ryan Friesen came in from the bullpen to strike out the only batter he faced and earn the save.

Legner (pictured above) went 3-for-4 and scored four runs. Hebert, Monzo and Rodgers had two hits apiece, as did senior Ryan Gilbert, who entered the game in the fifth and singled in both of his at-bats.

Muhlenberg fell behind early again in the second game but could not come back as the Saints belted four home runs, including three by one player. Gilbert went 2-for-4 in his first start of the season, and sophomore Jonathan Suero lined a single to center for his first career hit in the seventh.