AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The Holy Family University baseball team bounced back from a 13-18 loss to Thomas More to defeat Davis & Elkins 17-7 in the second game of its first day in Florida. 
 
Davis & Elkins
 
HFU erased two deficits, including 0-3 after the first, by scoring in each of its final six at-bats. The Tigers plated four in both the second and third and would not trail after. 
 
Nick Lombardo (Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Dublin (Bucks County CC)) had all four of his RBI in those two innings as he went 2-for-4 with a double and a walk. 
 
Emidio Bucci (Gambrills, Md./Loyola Blakefield (York College)) finished a perfect 2-for-2 with two base on balls and three runs. 
 
Dylan Mercedes (Washington Heights, N.Y./St. Raymonds (Mansfield University)) went 2-for-4 with two doubles, a walk and three runs, while Stefan Leo (Golden, Colo./Golden Senior (Porterville CC)) finished 2-for-3 with a walk, two runs and two RBI. 
 
Jon Martinez (Camden, N.J./Timber Creek Regional (Camden CC)) was the fifth Tiger with two hits, both doubles, as he drove in two, while Brian Comer (Charlotte, N.C./Independence (Bucks County CC)) and Devon de Vera (Goodyear, Ariz./Broomfield (Chandler-Gilbert CC)) both had two had two walks, two runs and a hit.
 
Will Cheatham (Brooklyn, N.Y./IMG Academy (Glendale CC)) also scored twice. 
 
Christian Culver (Croydon, Pa./Harry S. Truman (Bucks County CC)) picked up his first career save, tossing three innings of one-run relief in which he allowed just one hit. 
                                  
Jelle Bing (Heerhugowaard, Netherlands/CSG Jan Arentsz (McCrook CC)) threw the first four frames to improv to 2-0. 
 
Thomas More
Holy Family erased an eight-run deficit with an 11-run fourth. After Thomas More tied it in the fifth, the Tigers again took the lead on a Darnell Guerrero (Bronx, N.Y./Bay Shore (Alliance University)) double in the sixth, but the Saints would respond with a four-run bottom-half. 
 
Martinez went a perfect 2-for-2 with a double, two base on balls and four runs scored. 
 
Mercedes also had the first of two two-hit performances on the day as he scored twice and drove in another. 
 
Zach Morales (Barrington, N.J./Triton Regional (PSU-Abington)) scored twice in as well, after doubling and walking three times, while Cheatham hit his first home run at HFU to match Morales with a game-high three RBI. 
 
Guerrero was the third Tiger with multiple RBI. 
 
Up Next
Holy Family has Thursday off before two more games on Friday, when it takes on Ashland and then Davis & Elkins again.