TEANECK, N.J. – The Fairleigh Dickinson baseball team scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to come from behind and defeat Saint Peter's University on Tuesday afternoon at the Naimoli Family Baseball Complex.  Junior Dylan Sprague (Brunswick, N.Y./Averill Park) drove in two runs with a double and junior Ryan Brennan (Mooresville, N.C./Mooresville)'s two-run single to center scored the tying and go-ahead runs for the Knights in the 6-5 victory.
FDU improves to 4-6 with the victory, while Saint Peter's falls to 0-8.

Consecutive singles by sophomore Chris Grupp (The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands College Park), junior Joel Roman (East Hartford, Conn./East Hartford) and sophomore Matt McCann (West Windsor, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro ) loaded the bases with one out in the eighth.  Sprague followed with a double to right, plating Grupp and Roman and sending McCann to third as the Knights cut the deficit to 5-4.  The next batter, Brennan, put the Knights in front for good with a two-strike single up the middle that scored McCann and Sprague.

"We got out played for all but one inning, but we made it count," head coach Gary Puccio said after the game.  "Our guys didn't give up.  They hung in and put together some timely hits to win that game."

"We definitely still have a lot of work to do.  We are making too many mistakes that we need to clean up if we are going to be a consistently successful baseball team," Puccio added.

Senior Eric Snyder (Slatington, Pa./Northern Lehigh) earned the victory for the Knights pitching 1.2 innings of relief.  He entered the game with bases loaded and one out in the eighth, walked the first batter he faced forcing in a run, and then struck out back-to-back Peacock hitters to work out of the jam. 

After FDU grabbed the lead in the bottom of the eighth, Snyder returned to the mound and worked a scoreless ninth to secure the victory.

Snyder allowed no runs and no hits.  He did walk two batters, but struck out three.

Junior Logan Frati (Manorville, N.Y./Eastport/South Manor) came on in relief in the third inning and kept the Knights in the game with 4.2 solid innings.  He limited Saint Peter's to just two runs, one earned, while scattering seven hits.  He did not walk a batter and posted five strike outs.

Junior John Giakas (Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville) led the Knights at the plate with three hits over five at bats.  He also scored a pair of runs.

Roman had two hits off the bench and drove in FDU's first run of the game.

The Knights totaled 11 hits in the game.

FDU will return to action on Saturday at the Naimoli Family Baseball Complex in a doubleheader against Lehigh.