Box Score ALLIANCE, Ohio – After three scoreless innings, Allegheny scored three or more runs in the fourth, eighth and ninth innings to pick up a 15-0 win over No. 18 Mount Union on Saturday at 23rd Street Field.

The Gators were led offensively by junior Ben Murray, who drove in five runs for the Gators, who set a new career-high with five RBI while also recording a new personal best with three hits.  Eight different Allegheny batters picked up hits, as senior Mike Pezzone, junior Zach Gray and reigning Allegheny Male Athlete of the Week Adam Bronson each tied Murray for the game-high in hits, as all four scattered three hits apiece to help lead Allegheny to a season-high 17 total hits.

Senior Shane Regel picked up a pair of hits while junior Eric Weyant, sophomore Joe Killian and freshman Ian Frazier each grabbed a hit.  Allegheny took advantage of several Mount Union miscues, as the Raiders committed five errors and recorded three passed balls.  Only eight of the 15 Allegheny runs were credited as earned to the Mount Union pitching staff.

On the mound, senior Kyle Davis continued his momentum from a pair of wins in Florida with eight innings of scoreless work, striking out five batters while only allowing seven hits.  Over his last three starts, Davis has not surrendered an earned run in 22.0 innings pitched, striking out 21 total batters while posting a 0.00 earned run average, holding opposing batters to a .200 batting average.

The Raiders, ranked No. 18 in the most recent D3Baseball.com Top 25 poll, threatened early by placing runners on second and third with two outs in the first.  Davis was able to get out of the jam, retiring the next seven batters in order before allowing a hit in the third but escaping another Mount Union scoring opportunity with the lead intact.

Pezzone started the offense for the Gators in the fourth inning with a double to left field, moving to third after a single to right by Killian.  After Pezzone scored on a passed ball, Gray picked up his first RBI of the game with a groundout, scoring Killian for the second run of the contest.  Bronson cracked a double to center before scoring on a single to right by Murray. 

Allegheny would complete the fourth inning scoring after a single by Regel that drove home Murray, as the Gators finished the frame with four runs on six hits, including four consecutive hits by the six through nine hitters, to head into the bottom of the fourth with a 4-0 lead.

Gray would add an unearned run in the sixth after leading off the inning with a single to center, advancing to third on a stolen base and throwing error before racing home off of a Murray bunt to score and award Murray with his second RBI of the game. 

The Gators would start to distance themselves from the Raiders with three runs in the eighth, loading the bases with the first three batters of the inning after Killian, Green and Gray all reached base.  Murray drove home Killian and Gray with a single to right, as a sacrifice fly by Frazier brought home Bronson.

Allegheny would close the scoring with seven runs in the ninth.  After Shick reached base off of an error to lead off the inning, the Gators rattled off five hits in the inning, as Bronson picked up a two-run double to left center, the second of four consecutive hits that brought home Allegheny base runners. 

Following an RBI single through the right side by Gray, a double to left by Murray completed his impressive outing at the plate before a single to the shortstop by Regel drove home the Allegheny junior.  Regel scored on a groundout by Weyant to close the Allegheny scoring.  Freshman Zach Hale took the mound in the ninth, picking up a strikeout in the inning without allowing a runner into scoring position to help the Gators clinch the shutout victory.

After picking up their second consecutive win over the Raiders, the Gators will travel to Kent. Ohio to battle United Athletic Association (UAA) member Case Western Reserve, ranked No. 21 in this week's D3Baeball.com poll, in a three-game series that starts at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 29.