Mary Baldwin rallied with six runs in the top of the eighth inning at Eastern Mennonite Tuesday to secure a 10-9 victory in the season-opening game for both teams.  MBU registered its first win in a season-opening game in the four-year history of the program.  

Tyler Morley led the Fighting Squirrels with three hits, two runs scored and two RBI.  Landon Lightner added a two-run base hit in the first inning and a bases-loaded walk in the eighth inning.  Michael Robertson also had a two-run hit and scored a run in the game-winning rally.

Lance Gowans threw two innings of relief, allowing a run on three hits while fanning four, to get the win.  Roman Borders pitched the bottom of the eighth to get the save as the game was stopped because of darkness.

MBU scored four times in the top of the first, featuring Leightner's two-run base hit.  EMU bounced back with three runs in the second, two in the third and two in the fourth to take the lead.  The Fighting Squirrels committed six errors during the Royals' rally.

The Fighting Squirrels return to action Wednesday against Stevenson University in MBU's first home game at Shifflett Field in Grottoes, Va. First pitch will be at 5 p.m.