FORT PIERCE, Fla. - The Immaculata University baseball team picked up a pair of victories Wednesday to run its win streak to a season-high three down in Fort Pierce, Fla. behind big days at the plate from freshman Corey Pezak and Tom Prato paired with strong performances from the Mighty Mac bullpen. The Macs took down Earlham College, 4-3, in the noon game before battling back for nine runs in the final four innings to defeat the College of Mount Saint Vincent in the nightcap, 11-6.

Freshman Anthony Yarson earned his first collegiate victory on the mound in game two with five solid innings in relief while fellow rookie Ryan Crowell notched his first save with two scoreless innings, including three strikeouts.

IMMACULATA 4, EARLHAM 1
HOW IT HAPPENED
-Sophomore left-hander Chris Huyette was solid in his first start of the season for the Macs, allowing just four hits over his first four innings of work and striking out a pair in the bottom of the first to work around a two-out Earlham double.
-The Macs opened the scoring in the top of the second when Cameron Delisle connected for a one-out single through the left side followed by a Connor Blesi base knock to left-center to get IU in business. Corey Pezak then jumped on the first pitch he saw, driving a double to the gap in left-center to score both Delisle and Blesi. 
-The two sides traded single tallies in the third and scoreless frames in the fourth before the Macs added a crucial fourth run in the fifth. Tyler Kmiec led off the top half of the frame with a double and moved up to third on a wild pitch, allowing Tom Prato to plate the IU third baseman with a sacrifice fly to left.
-Greg Grandelli came on in relief for the Macs with two outs in the fifth and was dominant, striking out a pair while allowing only two hits in two and two-thirds scoreless innings to put himself in line for the win.
-Zach Smiley was then summoned from the bullpen two get the final two outs of the eighth inning with two runners on. The senior reliever loaded the bases with one out, but a strike out and ground out to follow stranded all three runners and kept the three-run lead intact.
-Earlham was able to load the bases yet again - and bring the potential winning run to the plate - in the bottom of the ninth with one out, but Smiley again was able to evade trouble with his third strikeout of his appearance and a fly out to center to end it to pick up his first save of the season.

IU LEADERS AT THE PLATE
-Pezak: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI
-Kmiec: 2-5, 2B, R
-Prato: 1-3, sac fly

IU LEADERS ON THE MOUND
-Huyette: 4.2 IP, 5H, 1R (0 ER), 3K
-Grandelli: W (1-0), 2.2 IP, 2H, 0R, 2K
-Smiley: SV (1), 1.2 IP, 2H, 0R, 3K

IMMACULATA 11, COLLEGE OF MOUNT ST. VINCENT 6
HOW IT HAPPENED
-Mount Saint Vincent jumped out to an early two-run lead with a pair of runs in the top of the first and tacked on one more in the third to take control early.
-The IU offense came to life in the top of the third when Greg Dahl laced a one-out base hit before Tyler Kmiec and Richard Fontanillas reached to load the bases. Prato delivered the big knock of the frame with a two-run single to left center to get the Macs within one.
-The Dolphins matched the Macs in the top of the fourth with a two-run inning to regain a three-run lead, but Prato delivered another big at-bat in the bottom of the fifth to flip the momentum. Joey Sacco, Kmiec and Fontanillas all reached with out to load the bases to bring Prato to the plate, who ripped a bases-clearing double to the gap in left-center to knot the game at five. With a runner still in scoring position with two away, Ty Esenwein came through with a single to left to score Cameron Delisle who reached on an error, giving the Macs their first lead of the afternoon at 6-5.
-Kmiec padded the IU lead with a two-out, two-run ingle to right center in the bottom of the sixth and came all the way around to score on a passed ball for the third run of the frame, extending the Macs' lead to four.
-Sacco provided a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth with a two-run single through the left side to put Immaculata out in front, 11-6.
-Yarson and Crowell combined to throw seven innings of four-run ball while striking out seven total for the Macs to nail down the second victory of the day, as Yarson earned his first career win and Crowell was credited with his first collegiate save.

IU LEADERS AT THE PLATE
-Prato: 2-5, 3-run 2B
-Sacco: 2-4, 2 RBI, R
-Kmiec: 1-2, 2 RBI, 3R
-Dahl: 1-2, 2R

IU LEADERS ON THE MOUND
-Yarson: W (1-0), 5 IP, 4H, 3R, 4K
-Crowell: SV (1), 0H, 3K

UP NEXT
Immaculata (5-3) has an off day Thursday before returning to action Friday at 10 a.m. for a doubleheader with the University of Northwestern (Minn.)