WESTMINSTER, Md. – The McDaniel College baseball team hit seven home runs and combined for 36 runs across a two-game sweep over Muhlenberg on Saturday from Preston Field.

The Green Terror (26-10, 9-5) batted .479 across the two games with a slugging percentage of .890 and an on-base percentage of .594. McDaniel totaled 15 extra-base hits and 65 total bases in the sweep, while sophomore Thomas Mezzullo went 9-for-10 from the plate with three home runs and nine RBIs. Junior DJ Stolba also had a three-homer day, collecting five RBIs.

The two teams combined for 37 runs in the opener, a 21-16 win for the Green Terror over the Mules (10-21, 5-9).

Game 1: McDaniel 21, Muhlenberg 16

Mezzullo opened the scoring in the first with a solo homer, his first of three on the day. Five more runs came across to score in the second, highlighted by a bases-clearing three-run double from junior Shea McKenna. Stolba launched his first homer to lead off the third inning, and two sacrifice flies made the score 9-0 after three.

Muhlenberg got on the board in the fourth on a two-run single, adding another run in the fifth on an RBI-groundout. A two-run double from graduate student Shane Daly and an RBI-triple from Mezzullo plated three more runs for McDaniel, making the score 12-3.

A four-spot in the sixth cut the deficit down to five for the Mules, 12-7. Muhlenberg tacked on four more runs in the seventh to draw within one at 12-11. Mezzullo answered in the bottom of the seventh with his second homer of the day, a three-run shot to give the Green Terror some breathing room. Junior Ethan Haddock contributed with a two-run single for a 17-11 lead. 

Five more Muhlenberg runs again cut the lead down to one in the eighth, 17-16. The Green Terror offense answered again with four runs in the bottom of the eighth, scoring on a sacrifice fly from senior Ben Davis and a three-run homer from Stolba for the game's final 21-16 tally.

Mezzullo finished the opener a perfect 5-for-5, tying him with sophomore Anthony Cerone with the team's highest single-game hit total of the season. He finished a double short of the cycle, hitting a triple and two home runs with six RBIs and four runs scored. Daly also had a perfect day at the plate, going 3-for-3 with four RBIs and four runs. Stolba's 2-for-5 outing was highlighted by his second multi-homer game of the season while McKenna had a hit and three RBIs. Haddock went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the win.

First-year Jack Kinsey ran his record to 6-0 with the win, tossing five innings and totaling two strikeouts, four walks, six earned runs and nine hits. First-year Walker Ayres earned his second save of the year, striking out one and walking one on 24 pitches.

Game 2: McDaniel 15, Muhlenberg 5 (Seven Innings)

The Mules took an early lead on an RBI-single in the first inning to go ahead 1-0. Daly answered with a leadoff homer in the bottom half of the frame to tie the score, 1-1. Daly later gave the Green Terror the lead in the second, scoring junior Patrick Kelly on an RBI-double to move in front 2-1.

Stolba drilled his third homer of the day in the bottom of the third for a 3-1 cushion. A sacrifice fly cut the lead down to one in the fourth inning, but the Green Terror plated four runs in the bottom of the fourth to go ahead 7-2, highlighted by Mezzullo's third homer of the day.

McDaniel scored two runs each in the fifth and sixth innings for an 11-2 lead before the Mules tacked on three in the seventh to make the score 11-5. Four runs in the bottom half won the game for the Green Terror in run-rule fashion. 

Mezzullo capped off a stellar day at the plate with a 4-for-5 showing in game two, collecting his third homer of the day and three RBIs. Daly went 3-for-5 with four RBIs and three runs scored while Haddock had three base hits and two RBIs. Junior Quinn Dean went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored while Kelly scored three runs and had two RBIs at the plate. 

Junior Ryan Buecker remained unbeaten in 2026 with the win, improving his record to 3-0 by totaling four walks, two earned runs and six hits in five innings of work. First-year Gabriel Chapman earned a strikeout and allowed three hits in 16 pitches of relief work.

The Green Terror host Dickinson in the front end of a home-and-home on Tuesday. First pitch is set for 3:30 pm from Preston Field.