BOYERTOWN, Pa. – The Neumann University Baseball team won against Gwynedd-Mercy College 5-0 in the Knights first game of the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Championships, Friday evening.

After three innings of play, Neumann pitcher Russ Gilliam settled into the game after leaving runners on base each inning. The bottom of the third with two runners in scoring position, Gilliam forced a grounder up the middle. It appeared as though Gilliam chicken-winged-it, but in reality, gloved it and threw out the batter out to the Neumann's crowd applause.

Neumann wasn't able to produce any hits in the first two innings, but in the bottom of the third the bats came alive. The Knights scored three runs off of five hits. Buddy Elgin hit a single to bring in Matt Grossi. Dave Kalash scored off a throwing error from the catcher to second basemen and Bill Pace hit a single to drive in Elgin.

The game would get more activity when Kalash sat on a 3-2 pitch and poked it out of the yard for a solo homerun.The 400 yard dinger gave the Knights a 4-0 lead and Will Flores bounced a single over the third basemen to bring home Elgin to lead 5-0.

The Griffins managed three hits, as Gilliam pitched a shutout going all nine innings.

Kalash and Elgin went 2-for-3 and 2 runs.

The Knights scored five runs off 10 hits and one error.

The Knights will play tomorrow at 11 a.m. against top seed Keystone College tomorrow.