(LEESBURG, FL)--Mount Union's baseball team posted a six-run second inning and a five-run fourth inning while getting a super starting pitching effort from senior Mark Sabatino (Mayfield Hts/Mayfield) to score a 14-1 rout of Albion (MI) Sunday in Leesburg, FL.

Mount Union evens its mark at 1-1 overall, while Albion starts its season at 0-1 overall.

Sabatino scattered seven hits, allowed only one run and struck out eight over six innings of work to get the win in his first start of the season.

His offense gave him more than enough to work with as junior centerfielder Greg Ferrell (Uniontown/Green) drove in four runs on a pair of hits including his second home run in as many days.

Every Mount Union starter had at least one hit and along with Ferrell, junior left fielder Britt Williams (Canton/Massillon Jackson) drove in three runs, senior designated hitter Connor Nell (Powell/Olentangy) drove in two runs and junior Dan Henderson (North Canton/GlenOak) had three hits as to headline the offense.

Henderson started the scoring with an RBI single in the top of the first and Sabatino got out of a bases loaded jam in the bottom half of the inning.

Mount Union then blew the game open in the second inning after a leadoff fly out, the Raiders 
then had eight straight hits and after sending a total of 11 batters to the plate scored six runs to take a commanding 7-1 lead.  Ferrell highlighted the inning as he drove in two runs on a double.

The Raiders were not done as Matt Tracy (Pittsburgh/Central Catholic) reached on a error to start the fourth inning then Farrell blasted his second home run of the season to spark a five-run inning that put the game away.

Mount Union tacked on single runs in the sixth and eighth, while Beau Smith (Fredrick, MD/Fredrick) and Tyler Merkle (Wilmington/Clinton-Massie) pitched three innings of scoreless relief for the 14-1 final.

The Raiders play a pair of games Monday against Trine (IN) at 9:30 am and Thomas More (KY) at 1 pm and both games will feature LIVE AUDIO and LIVE STATS.