The Muhlenberg baseball team scored eight runs in its last three at-bats to come from behind and defeat Gwynedd Mercy, 9-4, in its first game in Florida.

The Mules (2-4) dropped their second game of the day, 7-3 to Emerson.

Sophomore Mason Mehling struck the big blow in the Gwynedd Mercy, crushing a tie-breaking three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth.

Muhlenberg trailed 3-1 in the sixth and had a runner on first before getting five straight two-out hits to turn the game around. 

After freshman Victor Diaz singled, sophomore JJ Foti delivered an RBI pinch-single. Senior Ryan Riccio tied the game with a single through the left side, and Mehling untied it with his first career home run.

Diaz drove in a run in the seventh with one of his three singles in his first career start, and junior Brendan Hughes put the icing on the cake with a two-run single in the eighth.

Freshman Luke Foley earned his first career win with five strong innings in relief, allowing only one earned run and striking out 5. 

Hughes had a big game at the plate, reaching base in four of five plate appearances and scoring 3 runs. Freshman Marc Quarrie had two hits, including a double.

Muhlenberg led Emerson 3-1 through four innings, breaking a 1-1 tie in the fourth on a double to the left-center gap by sophomore Evan Virno. Riccio beat out a two-out infield single to bring in another run, but the Lions plated runs in each of their last four at-bats to come away with the win.  

Pictured above: Freshman Spencer Hobson, who drove in the run with a sacrifice fly, tags an Emerson runner out at home plate on the back end of an attempted double steal.