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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Fairleigh Dickinson baseball team dropped both seven-inning contests of its Northeast Conference doubleheader with Wagner Saturday at Richmond County Bank Ballpark on Staten Island, N.Y. The Knights fell in the opener, 8-3, before a 10-0 setback in the nightcap. With the victories, the Seahawks improve to 12-14 (5-2 NEC) on the season, while FDU falls to 3-21 (0-11 NEC) overall.

The Knights scored quickly with a run in the top of the first of game one when freshman Dylan Sprague (Brunswick, N.Y./Averill Park) delivered a two-out RBI double to right field to score senior Kyle Weeks (Middle Island, N.Y./Longwood) and give FDU the early 1-0 lead.

The lead was short-lived as Wagner tied the game at one with an RBI groundout in the bottom half of the frame.

The Knights put runners on second and third with one out in the top of the second but failed to score. The Seahawks then put together a pair of threats in the second and third innings, including a situation with runners on first and third and nobody out in the third, but sophomore starting pitcher Brendan Butler (W. Sayville, N.Y./Sayville) was able to pitch out of both potential hazards to keep the game tied at one.

After freshman John Giakas (Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville) was stranded at second base after a lead-off double to start the fourth, the Seahawks scored twice with two outs in the bottom of the inning to take a 3-1 lead.

Wagner put the game away with four runs in the fifth and one in the sixth to extend its lead to 8-1. The Knights scored a pair in the seventh on Sprague's bases-loaded walk and Weeks scoring on an error, but it was not nearly enough, as the Seahawks took the opener, 8-3.

Butler (1-5) was tagged with the loss after allowing seven runs, six earned, on nine hits in 4.1 innings of work while walking one and striking out three.

Senior Eric Anderson (Allendale, N.J./Northern Highlands) collected two of FDU's six hits, while Sprague had two RBI and Weeks scored two runs.

Wagner's Matt Morris improved to 2-1 on the mound after limiting the Knights to one earned run on four hits in 5.0 innings. The lefty walked two and struck out nine.

The Seahawks collected 11 hits, with Ian Miller, Nick Dini and Shaun Flynn each collecting a pair. Dini and Flynn scored a pair of runs, while Jason Gordon and Dan Wasilick each scored drove home a pair.

In the second game, Wagner scored four times in the bottom of the first, aided by three Knights' errors, which set the tone for the rest of the game. The Seahawks scored single runs in the second, third and fourth innings before three more runs in the bottom of the sixth to take the contest, 10-0.

FDU managed only two hits in the game, while Wagner added 12 more in the nightcap. Senior Matt Cadigan (Freehold, N.J./Freehold) (0-1) made his first start of the season on the bump and was tagged with the loss. The southpaw was charged with four runs, two earned, on three hits and one walk in 1.0 inning. The Seahawks' Mike Adams picked up the victory with his five-inning effort.

The four-game set between the two sides will conclude with a 1 p.m. contest on Sunday.