DULUTH, Minn. – After falling into an early 7-0 rut, the St. Scholastica baseball team scored 12 unanswered runs to down Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) rival Presentation College by a 12-7 final on Friday morning at Wade Stadium.

The PC Saints scored five runs in the first inning off of CSS Saints starter Jake Snyder, dropping in bloop hits and seeing-eye singles as they rallied for an early lead. Snyder settled in his next two innings of work, but was relieved with a seven-run deficit by David Barningham in the fourth.

With six shutout innings, Barningham lowered his ERA for the season by over two runs and earned his third victory of the year as the offense came alive in the bottom of the fourth. He had six strikeouts on the afternoon

A lead-off single by Brandon Peterson started the fourth for the Saints, but a near-400 foot blast by David Vogelgesang to dead center field finally got the Saints on the board just two pitches later. A walk and a hit followed by a triple by Kyle Flagstad brought the Saints within three with a four-run inning.

Pitcher Matt Kervin was effectively wild for Presentation through the first five innings, but the Saints bats came alive again when Greg Bares entered in the sixth. Brian Marshik led off with a double, and a pair of singles by Joe Link and Kyle Moody followed, before Brandon Peterson knocked a home run to left to put the Saints in front.

CSS went on to score two more runs in the inning, highlighted by a Jake Casareto RBI-triple. Casareto came in to score on a Chad Peterson double, one of three hits on the afternoon for Peterson.

Three straight singles and a pair of steals by Kyle Flagstad and Brandon Peterson gave the Saints two more runs in the seventh inning to extend their lead to five runs, which remained as Barningham did not allow a base runner during the final three innings for CSS.

The Saints will be at home again on Monday when they host regional rival University of St. Thomas at 1 p.m. at Wade Stadium.