FAIRFAX, Va. – Down to its final strike, George Mason scored a pair of runs to top the Saint Joseph's baseball team, 4-3, at Spuhler Field on Friday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Saint Joseph's (26-22-1 overall, 16-7 Atlantic 10) took the early lead in the top of the first as Brett Callahan singled, stole second, advanced on an error, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Ryan Cesarini.

• The Hawks added to the lead in the third on a two-out, two-run single by Nate Thomas.

• George Mason (29-23 overall, 13-9 Atlantic 10) got on the board in the sixth, scoring a pair of unearned runs.

• The Patriots would load the bases with two outs in the bottom of the ninth before Derek Wood poked an 0-2 pitch out to center, scoring the tying and winning runs.

BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
• Christian Mracna tossed a perfect ninth to earn the win for George Mason, while Cole Stetzar took the loss for SJU.

• Ryan DeSanto started for SJU, allowing one hit and striking out four across five shutout innings.  Logan Rumberg started for GMU, allowing three runs on three hits in four innings.

• Callahan scored two runs in the game, while Thomas' two RBI were a game-high.

UP  NEXT
The teams will wrap up the series and the regular season on Saturday afternoon.  Game time has been moved up to noon.