MARS HILL, NC- The Belmont Abbey baseball team earned a 12-5 win at Mars Hill College this afternoon for its second-consecutive win. MHC falls to 9-23 on the season while the Crusaders improved to 20-12.

The Lions scored two in the first, but BAC cut the lead to 2-1 in the second frame when Alex Castellanos scored on a Lion error. Castellanos reached base by hitting a double.

After Castellanos singled to center field to lead off the fourth inning, shortstop Josh Haire hit ripped a homer over the center field fence to give the Crusaders a 3-2 advantage.

Austin Boehme tied the contest at three in the bottom half of the fourth when scored on a single by David DeSilva.

DeSilva broke the 3-3 tie by hitting a sacrifice fly to right field to send Matt Carter across the plate. Carter reached base after getting hit by a pitch.

The Abbey answered by taking a 6-4 lead in the seventh inning after it scored three runs on four hits, highlighted by a homerun by Seth Waller.

After hitting a two-out double to center, Wassum trimmed the deficit to 6-5 when Danny Miller singled to left field.

Alex Udwari extended the Crusader's advantage to 7-5 in the ninth inning by hitting a lead-off homer down the right field line. The Crusaders added five more insurance runs in the inning on four hits and two Lion errors to make the final tally, 12-5.

Jason Kennel was charged with the loss as he fell to 0-3. Andrew Morton earned the win after allowing one run on three hits in two innings of work. He struck out four and did not issue a walk.

Haire led BAC with four RBI while Tyler McKenzie and Castellanos each recorded three hits.