Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SUTHERLAND, Va. -- Mercyhurst head baseball coach Joe Spano recorded his 500th collegiate victory as the Lakers' baseball team split with non-conference opponent Le Moyne at neutral-site Dinwiddie Park on Sunday. Mercyhurst won game one, 8-1, before dropping game two, 7-4.

Game One: Lakers 8, Le Moyne 1
Sabatino DiNardo III batted 2-for-3 with a home run, double and four RBI to lead the Lakers' offense. Daniel Elliott and Hank Morrison also homered while Brandon Cox went 2-for-4 and Chris Gonzalez scored twice.

Cam Knott was the winning pitcher, giving up one run on four hits in five innings of work while recording four strikeouts and three walks. Relievers Matthew Minnick and Jim Solano tossed one scoreless inning each.

The Dolphins took a 1-0 in the third inning before Mercyhurst rattled off eight straight runs. DiNardo had a three-run home run in the fourth, Morrison smacked a solo homer in the fifth, DiNardo ripped an RBI double in the sixth and Elliott blasted a three-run home run in the seventh.

Game Two: Le Moyne 7, Lakers 4
Gonzalez batted 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI for the Lakers, who led 4-1 before Le Moyne's six-run sixth put the Dolphins ahead for good.

Also for Mercyhurst, Jimmy Latona drove in two runs while Austin Alonge doubled.

Joe Gnacinski started on the hill for Mercyhurst, giving up two runs on five while totaling three strikeouts and one walk. Andrew Ciolli worked two shutout innings in relief. Jake Hall was the losing pitcher.

Le Moyne grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second before Mercyhurst scored three times in the third -- once on a bases-loaded walk to Gonzalez and twice on a Latona single. An RBI double by Gonzalez pushed the Lakers' lead to 4-1 before the Dolphins collected six runs on seven hits in the sixth.