SAINT LEO, Fla. – In back-and-forth action at Thomas B. Southard Stadium, No. 22 Saint Leo baseball prevailed over Eckerd in non-conference action, 7-4, to pick up win No. 20 on the season.
 
Oscar Gordillo got the win for the Lions (20-5) after tossing 5.0 innings with no hits or runs allowed while tallying six strikeouts. Gordillo came in for relief for Ryan Nolan who went 4.0 innings with five hits and four runs.
 
Chase Turner, Zach Scott and Lane Stancil had their way with the Tritons pitching, while Turner and Scott each hit at least one home run on the night. Stancil went 3-for-4 from the plate with two RBI.
 
Scott went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and one RBI after hitting one double and one home run.
 
Turner hit two home runs on the night, where he becomes just the second player this season to hit two homers in the same game when Peyton Isaacson hit two against Barry on March 3. Tuner scored three runs and drove in three.
 
Jake Sims and Matt McGee were credited with one hit, which rounded out the Green and Gold's nine hits.
 
Saint Leo got things started with a two-run blast from Turner in the bottom of the first, scoring Aaron Portee on the hit. With two outs, Turner took the pitch deep to left field to make it 2-0 Saint Leo.
 
The Tritons answered with two in the top of the second to keep things close. A double down the left field line scored two runs from first and second for Eckerd, tying things up at 2-2.
 
In the top of the fourth, Eckerd used back-to-back jacks to take a 4-2 lead before the Lions posted two in the bottom half to tie it back up at 4-4. Lane Stancil's single to center field scored Turner and Scott to make things even.
 
Saint Leo added two more in the bottom of the fifth as Turner hit his second dinger of the night with one out, breaking the tie, 5-4 Saint Leo. Jake Sims hit a hard grounder through the right side to score Scott from second, where he reached on a double to right center making it 6-4.
 
The Lions scored an insurance run in the seventh inning as Scott hit a lead-off home run to straight away center field; Saint Leo 7-4.
 
Gordillo came out and mowed down the Tritons in the eighth and ninth, recording two strikeouts, two ground outs and two fly outs.
 
Up Next …
Saint Leo baseball will take six days off before returning to the diamond for a three-game series against Wisconsin-Parkside on March 27, with first pitch at 3 p.m.
 
Following the doubleheader Tuesday, the Lions and Rangers tango in the series finale Wednesday at 6 p.m. Saint Leo will get back into Sunshine State Conference play March 29-30 at Palm Beach Atlantic.

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