The Bearcat baseball team lost to Mount Aloysius in non-conference play on the road in Cresson by a score of 17-9.

SVC got on the board in the top of the first, when Patrick Mahon singled and moved to second on an error.  Bobby Finn then singled to score Mahon. After Greg Martin reached on an error, Eddie Kilkeary's sacrifice fly scored Finn to put SVC in front, 2-0.

However, the Mounties' first five batters all reached base and scored, before starter Matt Whittaker (0-2) was lifted.

Down 6-2 in the third, SVC got a run back on an RBI single by Kilkeary that scored Mahon, who had walked.  After the hosts scored three runs in their half of the third to make the score 9-3, SVC added a pair of runs in the fourth on bases loaded walks to Finn and Martin.

With the score 11-5, Saint Vincent cut the deficit in half with a three-run 6th inning.  After Mahon reached on an error, Finn singled to move him to second.  A double by Martin scored Mahon, and TJ Kuny later drove home a pair of runs with a single, but the Bearcats were unable to close the gap further, and gave up a 6-run seventh inning.

Kuny had three hits to lead the offense, while Finn was 2-for-3 with 2 RBI.  Martin was 1-3 with 3 RBI.  Dylan Stark and Ramon Milke each worked a scoreless inning in relief on the hill.

Saint Vincent is now 4-7 on the year.  The team will open Presidents' Athletic Conference play by hosting Thomas More College for a three-game series this weekend (March 25-26).