,EMMITSBURG, MD- The Rider University baseball team scored eight runs in the final two innings, capping off their series vs. Mount St Mary's with an 8-3 win on Saturday afternoon. With the win, Rider moves to 22-20 on the year and 13-5 in the MAAC while the Mount moves to 15-30-1 and 9-9 in the MAAC.

Rider was led by a stellar start from sophomore Clayton Poliey (Ringwood, NJ/Don Bosco Prep) who went six and two-thirds scoreless innings with seven strikeouts, allowing on four hits on the day. Poliey held the Mount in check throughout blanking the Mountaineers and putting the Broncs in a great position through seven innings. 

In the top of the eighth Rider saw their first runs of the game come in as Jack Winsett (Voorhees, NJ/Eastern) and Luke Lesch (Gloucester, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) both walked to get runners on base. After a passed ball the pair moved into scoring position and Erich Hartmann (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) drove both in to score on a base hit to the first base side putting Rider up 2-0.

In the bottom of the inning, Mount responded with a solo home run to cut the lead to one run, and eventually tied the game at two off a line-drive base hit to right. 

The Broncs' offense exploded in the ninth as Luke Lesch gave Rider back the lead in the biggest way possible launching a ball to right with the bases loaded giving Rider a 6-2 lead off the grand slam. Rider went on to add two more runs in the inning as Richie Sica (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo) and Matt Leahy (Woolwich, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) both scored runs on base hits to cap off the six-run top of the ninth.

The Mount added one run in the bottom half of the inning but Will Gallagher (Cranford, NJ/Cranford) wrapped things up to help Rider take the series finale over Mount St Mary's.

 Quotes and Notes 
- "Clayton was outstanding today. He gave us a chance. We had big hits by Hartmann and Lesch to give us the lead twice. We all need to rededicate ourselves to the last three weeks. It's that time of year. We have to go."- Rider Head Coach Dr Barry Davis
- Gallagher got the win pitching one inning in relief.

Broncs by the Numbers
- Rider had seven hits with Lesch, Hartmann, Sica, Leahy, and Joe Tiroly (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) all getting a hit on the day.
- Tiroly and Winsett move their on-base streaks to 14 straight.
- Lesch has now homered in back-to-back games.
- Lesch moves his on-base streak to 41 straight games and his hit streak to nine straight. 

Up Next
The Broncs return to Lawrenceville on Friday May 10th to face off with Iona at 3 PM