Belmont Abbey shortstop Gabby Amor finished three for four with four RBI as the Crusaders baseball team won its fourth-straight game with a 9-2 win over the visiting Mars Hill Lions this afternoon at Abbey Yard. The Abbey moves to 8-3, while Mars Hill is now 5-5.

Amor, hitting out of ninth spot, recorded three singles, but each drove in runs as he laced an RBI single in the third, a two RBI single in the fourth and added another RBI single in the seventh. The Crusaders finished with 15 hits as Amor and Justin Vasquez both finished with three hits. Vasquez scored three runs. Roberto Sanchez, Joey Frabasile and Tim Dye each added two. Caleb Shore drove in two runs.

Mars Hill finished with ten hits as leadoff man Michael Bueker led the Lions with three hits. Adam Lewis and Rusty Smith both finished with two.

Michael Maples picked up the win. He gave up two runs, one earned, on six hits in the five innings, striking out three. Jon Bullington was charged with the loss. He surrendered five runs on eight hits in four innings. Taylor West picked up the save. He worked four scoreless innings, scattering four hits and fanning two batters.

Mars Hill scored the first two runs of the contest, plating one each in the first and third innings. In the first Bueker led off with a single to center, moved to second on a groundout and to third when Maple's pickoff attempt to second sailed into the outfield. He then scored on a wild pitch.

Two innings later, the Lions lead grew to 2-0 as Michael Brittian recorded an RBI groundout to second, scoring Lewis, who laced a one out single to center and moved to third on a single by Smith.

In the third, the Abbey started a streak of scoring in each remaining inning as started with one run. Vasquez led off with an infield single, moved to second on a groundout by Danny Brion, and scored on Amor's single to left center.

One inning later, the Abbey took the lead for good as it blew the game open with four runs. Amor laced a two-RBI single that scored Vasquez and Dye, and Shore logged both of his RBIs two batters later as he plated Amor and Brion to extend the lead to 5-2.

Vasquez widened the lead to 6-2 the following inning as he carved a double to the gap in right center, scoring Dye, who opened the inning with a single.

In the sixth, Sanchez led off with a double to left, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Shore and scored on a single from catcher Kyle Buchanan.

Amor added another RBI single in the seventh as he drove home Vasquez, and Frabasile closed the scoring in the eighth as he doubled home John Cucchiarella, who pinch ran for Buchanan after he drew a walk.