LOUDONVILLE, NY – Reserves Gunnar Meland and Louis Percival each registered three hits and knocked in three runs apiece as Siena Baseball triumphed in its non-conference finale with a 14-6 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson at Connors Park.
 
The Siena (21-28) bats came to life late, exploding for 12 runs over their final three innings at bat to rally and complete the home-and-home sweep of FDU (13-37). The Saints, who prevailed in New Jersey in the first meeting in March, have now captured four of their past five matchups between the programs.
 
The Knights scored five unanswered over the fifth and sixth innings to take a 5-2 lead. But Siena took advantage of a pair of costly errors in the home half of the sixth to respond with three unearned runs and knot the score once more.
 
The first seven Saints all reached base safely to open a decisive five-run seventh to take a commanding 10-5 lead. Owen Pincince squeezed in the go-ahead run, while Meland added a two-run single.
 
Siena then put it away with a four-run eighth, highlighted by a two-run triple from Percival. Meland and Percival combined to record six RBI on the afternoon after having entered play with just eight total for the season.
 
Pincince added a pair of hits and scored three times, but it was his performance on the mound that stole the show. The junior closed things out with a 1-2-3 ninth punctuated by a pair of strikeouts in his first collegiate pitching performance.
 
Edwin Sanchez also contributed a pair of hits and RBI apiece for the Saints which secured their 21^st victory, matching the 2018 squad for the program's most wins since 2016 (25).
 
Diego Urreta hit a two-run home run to lead FDU which finishes winless in 23 non-conference contests this spring.
 
The Saints continue their five games in six days week punctuated by a four-game homestand when they host I-87 rival Marist to wrap the regular season. The three-game series commences Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at Connors Park.