The Griffin baseball team hosted Clarion on Thursday afternoon in a non conference single 9 inning contest.

Seton Hill trailed 6-0 but scored 14 consecutive runs in their final four at bats to rally for a 14-6 come from behind victory.  SHU improves to 4-0 on the season.  

Clarion got on the board first in the top of the first inning after a double and a home run gave them a 2-0 lead.  The Golden Eagles tacked on another run with a leadoff solo homer in the top of the third inning.  Clarion hit a three run homer in the top of the fifth inning to increase their lead to 6-0.  

The Griffins started to chip away in the bottom of the inning.  After one out, Owen Sabol was hit by a pitch.  Tommy Pellis and Derek Orndorff drew walks to load the bases.  Jack Oberdorf hit into a fielders cholce but an error on the play allowed two runs to score and cut the Clarion lead to 6-2.  

In the sixth inning, the Griffins scored four times to tie the contest at six.  Jordan Fiedor walked to lead off the inning and later scored on a Sabol RBI single.  Pellis was hit by a pitch which set the stage for Orndorff who hammered a 2-1 pitch over the left center field wall to tie the game at six.  

After a scoreless seventh, the Griffins broke the game open in the bottom of the eighth inning, scoring eight times.  Brandon Kline and Vincenzo Rauso were hit by a pitch to start off the inning. Sabol drew a walk to load the bases and Pellis was hit by a pitch to put the Griffins in front 7-6.  After Rauso scored on a wild pitch, Orndorff drew another walk to load the bases.  Oberdorf then cleared the bases with a triple to the right center field gap to extend the lead to 11-6.  After two more walke, Fiedor knocked in two runs with a single up the middle.  Sabol earned the final RBI of the inning with a hit by pitch.

Dylan Bonzo pitched a perfect ninth inning to close out the game.  

Caiden Wood earned the win with a scoreless eighth inning where he stranded the bases loaded with two strike outs to end the threat.  

Rauso, Orndorff, Oberdorf and Fiedor each had two hits for the Griffins.  Oberdorf drove in four runs and Orndorff added three RBIs.  

SHU returns to action on Saturday afternoon when they host Salem at 1 PM.