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The Rock made a three-run rally in the bottom of the third inning stand up for a 3-2 win  in the opening game, then plated two unearned runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to win a 6-5 overtime decision in the second game.

The Rock look to extend their three-game win streak Friday when they host Indiana (Pa.) in a 1 p.m. Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division doubleheader at Critchfield Park.

SRU and IUP (20-13 overall) are both 6-6 in PSAC-West action this spring and enter Friday's action tied for fifth place in the division standings.

Junior shortstop Will Kengor led The Rock offensive attack Wednesday with six hits in seven at bats, including a pair of doubles, three runs scored and two RBIs.

Kengor was 2-for-2 with a pair of RBIs and one run scored in Game 1 and 4-for-5 with a run scored in Game 2. He had a double in each game.

Wednesday's performance lifted Kengor's batting average to .440, which ranks as the top mark among PSAC hitters this spring.

Junior right fielder Brandon Myers (pictured above) was 4-for-6 with two RBIs and one run scored Wednesday. He was 2-for-2 with a run scored in Game 1 and 2-for-4 with two RBIs in Game 2.

Kengor and Myers were the only Rock players to have more than one hit in Game 1, in which SRU had six hits.

The Rock collected 14 hits in Game 2, led by Kengor's four safeties and pair of hits each by Myers, junior catcher Ryan LaRose, senior designated hitter John Shaffer and junior second baseman Graeme Zaparzynski.

Junior right-hander John Kovalik recorded the final out in Game 1 to pick up his team-best sixth save, then pitched the final two innings in Game 2 to even his season record at 2-2.

Junior right-hander Mike Dunn was the Game 1 starting and winning pitcher. He scattered 12 hits, allowed two runs (one earned) and struck out three in the first six and two-thirds inning en route to his fifth win in six decisions this spring.

Sophomore southpaw Anton Constantino was SRU's Game 2 starting pitcher. He allowed three earned runs on five hits, struck out four and walked one in the first five innings.

Junior right-hander Anthony Naso spelled Constantino and allowed one earned runs on no hits and walked one in one inning of work before giving way to Kovalik.

Kovalik, who induced the only batter to face him in Game 1 into a game-ending groundout, allowed one earned run on one hit and walked two in the final two innings of Game 2.

Notre Dame (15-22) held a 2-0 lead in both games before The Rock clawed their way back to record the wins.

The Falcons scored one run in each of the first two innings of Game 1 before Kengor sliced a two-run double through the left side of the Notre Dame infield with one out in the bottom of the third inning to tie the score at 2-2. Kengor came around to score the eventual winning run on Shaffer's two-out RBI single.

Notre Dame scored twice in the top of the first inning to take an early lead in Game 2, but saw its advantage disappear as the result of self-inflicted wounds.

The Rock scored their first run on a balk by Notre Dame starting pitcher Tyler DeCrapio with two outs in the bottom of the second inning and tied the game on a dropped popup later in the frame.

Notre Dame regained the lead on a single run in the top of the fourth before SRU scored two tallies in the bottom of the fifth to take a 4-3 lead. Key hits in The Rock rally were a leadoff double by Shaffer and a two-run single by Myers.

The Rock took that 4-3 lead into the top of the seventh but saw it slip away as Notre Dame scored a run without the benefit of a basehit.

After retiring The Rock quietly in the bottom of the seventh to force the game into extra stanzas, Notre Dame quickly regained the lead on a leadoff solo home run to left field by Brennan Singleton.

That edge quickly disappeared, though, as Notre Dame self destructed.

Rock pinch hitter Royce Copeland reached base on a Falcons' fielding error and moved to second on a single to left by Kengor. Both runners scored easily when Zaparzynski's line-shot, no-out single to left field scooted under the glove of the hard-charging Notre Dame left fielder and rolled all the way to the fence.

Notes:

Wednesday's wins moved The Rock one victory away from equaling last year's win total (25-25-1 final record) and gave the Green and White their first three-game win streak since they returned from their spring trip to Florida riding a string of four consecutive wins … In addition to leading the PSAC in batting average, Kengor ranks first in total hits with 55 and is second in on base percentage (.500).