St. David's, PA (April 17, 2019) - The DeSales University baseball team used a five-run fourth inning to earn a 7-5 win over Eastern University in the first of three games this weekend on Wednesday afternoon in MAC Freedom action.

Eastern led 2-1 after three innings before DeSales exploded for five runs in the fourth inning to take a 6-2 lead.  Sophomore Cody Mish, junior Evan Plummer, senior Charlie Barebo, and senior Preston Amato all had RBI hits in the big inning.

Both teams added runs in the sixth inning and EU got within two with runs in the bottom of the eighth inning but seniors Austin Kroeger and Felix Martinez Jr. teamed to pitch a perfect ninth inning to save the victory.

Junior John Poccia earned his seventh win of the season tossing 7 1/3 strong frames allowing five runs.  Martinez Jr. picked up his first career save retiring the final two batters.

Barebo led the offense with three hits, while junior Sergio Diaz and freshman Johnny Medina each had two hits in the win.  All nine starters recorded a hit for DeSales.

DeSales is back in action on Saturday when they host Eastern for games two and three of the season series beginning at 1:00 pm at Weiland Park.