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Center Valley, PA (April 26, 2013) – Senior Brian Mauro hit two home runs and knocked in four runs blasting the Bulldogs past King's College, 13-6, in the first of three Freedom Conference games this weekend with the Monarchs on Friday afternoon at Butz Field.

DSU trailed 1-0 entering the bottom of the fifth inning when the Bulldogs took a 4-1 lead when freshman Alec Hardy scored on a throwing error by the King's catcher on a pick-off attempt.  Mauro stepped to the plate with two runners on and one out four batters later and blasted a three-run homer to left-center giving DSU a 4-1 lead.

King's answered with two runs in the top of the sixth inning to make it a 4-3 game and it remained a one-run game entering the bottom of the seventh when DeSales blew it open.

Mauro led off the inning with a long home run to dead centerfield that traveled well over 400 feet and the Bulldogs plated four more runs in the inning on an RBI groundout from freshman Evan Fraser, a two-RBI double from junior Mark Fuse, and an RBI single from senior Justin Scerbo.

The Bulldogs added four more runs in the eighth inning on an RBI groundout from sophomore Zach Stup, a two-run home run from senior Derek Chrismer, and another RBI double from Fuse to lead 13-3.

The win is the ninth straight for the Bulldogs who now stand at 28-8 overall and 16-3 in the Freedom Conference.  DSU is still tied atop the Freedom Conference standings with Misericordia, but owns the tiebreaker with the Cougars and can clinch the #1 spot with two wins tomorrow at King's.

Senior Dan Gayeski earned the win, his sixth of the season, allowing six hits and two earned runs over six innings, striking out four.  Freshman Chris Polaski earned his first career save with three solid innings of relief allowing five hits and three unearned runs.

Mauro finished 3-for-4 with four RBIs and three runs scored.  Scerbo had two hits and stole three bases, and senior Jack Kavetski finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored including the 150th hit of his career.  Chrismer finished 2-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBIs, Fraser scored twice and stole two bases, and Fuse broke out with three hits and three RBIs for the Bulldogs.

DSU travels to King's for the final two games of the series tomorrow with first pitch for game one set for 1:00 pm.