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TEANECK, N.J. – The Fairleigh Dickinson baseball team split a doubleheader with Mount St. Mary's on Saturday.  The split gives the Knights (9-8, 3-1 NEC) a victory in their first Northeast Conference series of the season.  After dropping the opening game to the Mountaineers (2-12, 1-3 NEC) the Knights rallied behind a dominating pitching performance from redshirt junior Logan Frati (Manorville, N.Y./Eastport/South Manor).  Frati tossed a complete game shutout with 11 strikeouts in the second game of the doubleheader

Mount won the first game 13-6 and the Knights took the second 6-0.

GAME ONE                     
The Knights scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning and two more in the third to take a 4-2 lead, but a six-run fifth inning put Mount St. Mary's in front 8-4.

The Mountaineers added three runs in the sixth and two in the seventh to pull away from the Knights.

FDU scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning to set the final score at 13-6.

Mount's Tyler Post went three-for-four and drove in eight runs.  He hit a pair of home runs, including a grand slam in the fifth inning.

Senior John Giakas (Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville) and freshman Evan McDonald (Circleville, Ohio/Logan Elm) each had two hits in the game.

Senior John Chalupa (Monroe, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury) took the loss for FDU and falls to 0-2.  Mount's Ben Smallenbroek earned the win to improve to 1-2 on the season.
 
GAME TWO
Frati held the Mountaineers hitless for 7.1 innings before surrendering back-to-back singles in the eighth inning.  Over the first seven frames he allowed just two base runners and faced the minimum 21 batters. 

Frati allowed a base runner via walk in the first inning and again in the fourth, but both were erased on the bases.  In the first inning McClure cut down Mount's Ryan Owens attempting to steal and in the fourth Frati induced an inning ending double play.

After allowing the two hits in the eight, Frati induced a fly ball and a strikeout to work out of trouble.

Frati surrendered two more hits in the ninth, both singles, but stranded the two runners to preserve his first career shutout.

He allowed just six base runners in the game (4 hits, 2 walks) and faced 31 total batters, four over the minimum en route to his second win (2-0) of the season.

He also registered a career-high 11 strikeouts in the game.

The Knights jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a RBI single by freshman Evan McDonald (Circleville, Ohio/Logan Elm).   FDU added three more runs in the second inning with the first scoring on a bases loaded walk by Giakas and two more coming on a base hit by senior Patrick McClure (Fayetteville, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius ).

The Knights added a fifth run in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly by junior Matt McCann (West Windsor, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro ).

FDU plated its final run in the eighth inning on an RBI single by Giakas.

McClure, McDonald and senior Jose DeLeon (Paterson, N.J./Eastside) each recorded two hits in the game.  Giakas and McClure each drove in a pair of runs.
 
The Knights return to action on Friday, March 25 when they host NYIT at the Naimoli Family Baseball Complex for a doubleheader.