ST. LOUIS – Maryville University baseball posted five runs in the seventh inning to clinch a series win over Quincy University on Sunday. With the game tied in the bottom half of the seventh, the Saints scored five runs including three on Jacob Hager's home run to give them an 8-7 win. 
 
Quincy Recap
After a go-ahead three-run home run in Saturday's second game, Michael Gould stepped in with one out in the first of Sunday's contest and hit his second consecutive home run to put Maryville up 1-0. Quincy responded in the top of the third with RBI groundouts from Austin Simpson and JD Ortiz to take a 2-1 lead.
 
Josh Herget doubled to lead off the bottom of the fourth, advanced to third on Jacob Hager's single and scored on a double play groundball to tie the game. Another RBI groundout from JD Ortiz in the fifth put Quincy ahead once again at 3-2. 
 
In the bottom half of the fifth, Elias Stevens got a pitch to hit and clubbed his second home run of the series to knot the game back up a three.
 
Both bullpens held things steady until the bottom of the seventh. Gould walked and stole second to lead off the frame. One batter later, Gould stole third and scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error by the catcher. Later in the inning, Maryville had Michael Long score on a wild pitch before Hager picked up three RBI with a no-doubt home run to right-center.
 
Refusing to quit, the Hawks posted four runs on four hits in the top of the eighth. David Broughton doubled to center, Dustin Dupont drove in a run with a single, and Austin Simpson hit his third home run of the series to pull Quincy within one. Cole Erickson singled through the right side with one out as the tying run, but Ryan Hoshaw worked a groundout to escape with the lead.
 
Maryville went 1-2-3 in the eighth and called on Noah Harbin for his second save opportunity of the series. He surrendered a leadoff double but got the runner at third base for the first out, a strikeout, and an infield pop-out to save an 8-7 Saints win. 
 
Harbin finished the weekend with 2.2 innings, two hits allowed, five strikeouts, and two saves.
 
Winning Pitcher: Philip Reinhardt (2-0)
Losing Pitcher: Kyle Manship (2-1)
Save: Noah Harbin (2)
  
Batting Leaders
Jacob Hager: 2-for-4, HR, 3 RBI
Michael Gould: 1-for-2, HR, RBI, 2 R, 3 SB
Elias Stevens: 1-for-4, HR, RBI
 
Records:
Maryville: 14-6, 7-1 GLVC
Quincy: 7-12, 4-4 GLVC
 
What's Next?
After a 15-game homestand, baseball hits the road for a road conference series with Lewis University next weekend. Game one is set for Friday, March 22, at 2 p.m.
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