FORT PIERCE, Fla. (March 11, 2016) – The Drew University baseball team wrapped up play at the Florida Gulf Coast Spring Training on Friday with a come-from-behind 15-10 win over Delaware Valley University, which followed a pair of games the Rangers were on the wrong end of close-margin finishes.
 
The Rangers return North with a 5-5 record. The 15-10 slugfest victory came in the second game of a doubleheader with the Rams (7-2), who walked off in the opener with a 7-6 win with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning despite junior catcher Mike Miraglia hitting home runs in back-to-back at-bats earlier in the contest.
 
The heartbreaking result was the second straight of that type for Drew, who fell 9-5 on Thursday to Maritime College in the 12^th inning on an ultra-rare inside-the-park grand slam. The Rangers were down in that game 5-0 before an improbable five-run comeback in the bottom of the ninth inning to send it to extras, with all the damage being done with two outs.
 
In the Florida finale, the Rangers relied on a 16-hit attack and a brilliant relief effort by senior left hander Dylan Baxter, who earned the win on the mound after pitching the final 5.1 innings of shutout baseball. The co-captain allowed three hits and two walks in relief with four strikeouts to improve to 2-0 on the season.
 
Sophomore Ryan Sabbag batted 4-for-4 in the win with four RBIs and three runs, while senior second baseman Anthony Feltre also record four RBIs on a 1-for-3 day with a double. Junior Tommy Broyles hit 4-for-5 with three runs.
 
It was the second game in as many days Drew had to fight from way behind. Down 10-2 after two innings, the Rangers mounted a comeback with four runs in the third on RBIs from Sabbag, Feltre and freshman Jayson Mitch. In the very next inning, Drew tied it at 10-10 after a pinch-hit, two-run triple by Richie Poland and a game-tying two-run double by Feltre.
 
As Baxter came on to quiet the Rams' bats, the Rangers kept up the attack at the plate, scoring another five runs on three sacrifice flies and two RBIs by freshman third baseman Eric DiPietro.
 
In the opener, the Rangers were staked with a 4-0 lead all off the bat of Miraglia, who hit a pair of two-run bombs to run his season home run total to three. Delaware Valley got one back against junior starter Patrick Boyle, but Sabbag made it 6-1 in the fifth with a two-run double. Sabbag now leads the team through 10 games with a .441 average and 13 RBIs.
 
Junior starter Patrick Boyle went 4.1 innings with seven strikeouts, giving up four hits and walks apiece as four runs ended up crossing the plate against Boyle. He did not factor into the decision as the Rams responded against the Rangers' bullpen and after tying it in the final inning, won it in the next at-bat with a walk-off single.
 
The ninth-inning comeback on Thursday against Maritime was sparked by an RBI triple by Mitch, and RBIs from Feltre via a bases-loaded walk and senior first baseman Bobby Miskura with a single. The Rangers were aided by a costly Rams error that allowed the tying runs to score and extend the game into extra innings.
 
The Rangers open the home 2016 season at Doc Young Field on Thursday, March 19 at 3:30 p.m. when they host St. Joseph's (Brooklyn) College.