An unprecedented power display lifted the Muhlenberg baseball team to a win in the finale of a three-game series at Mary Hardin-Baylor.

After dropping the first game of the series, 10-1 on Friday night, the Mules (8-6) lost the first game of the Saturday doubleheader, 11-9, before coming from behind to take the nightcap, 12-8.

Sophomore Marc Quarrie hit two home runs in each game, marking the 16th time a Muhlenberg player has gone deep in both ends of a twinbill but the first time a player has hit two in each game. Quarrie (pictured above) capped his historic day by belting a game-winning grand slam in the top of the ninth.

Quarrie, who now has six home runs on the season and 11 for his career, drove in 12 runs in the two games, missing the school record of eight RBI in a game by one. He is the third player in program history to hit two career grand slams.

The Mules trailed 8-5 through six innings of the second game, with Quarrie's two-run blast in the third accounting for the first runs. A double by freshman Sean Habeeb keyed a two-run rally in the seventh, with one run scoring on a groundout and another on a balk.

Sophomore Charlie Siper kept the game at 8-7 with a near-historic performance of his own. After allowing a one-out triple in the seventh, he pinned the runner at third by striking out the next two hitters, then struck out the side in the eighth. The five consecutive strikeouts were one shy of the school record.

Freshman Chris Moglia led off the top of the ninth with his third single of the game. After a sacrifice and a hit batter, graduate student Jack Kent doubled in Moglia with the tying run. Junior Thomas Pranzo drew a pinch-hit walk to load the bases for Quarrie, who drove a 1-2 pitch over the fence in straightaway center.

Senior James Hopke allowed a leadoff single in the bottom of the ninth but retired the next three hitters to nail down the win, getting the final batter on a called third strike.

Muhlenberg led 7-2 in the opening game of the doubleheader, scoring four runs with two outs in the second on back-to-back homers by Quarrie (a three-run blast) and senior Brendan Hughes - his first home run of the season and the eighth of his career.

The Crusaders (9-5) came back to tie the game at 7-7 after five, but Quarrie launched a two-run shot to the opposite field in the sixth to give the Mules a 9-7 advantage. Mary Hardin-Baylor went in front with four in the bottom of the inning, and the game ended with the potential tying runs on base.

Senior Aidan Legner, playing in his home state of Texas, had a double in each game of the three-game series.