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Garden City, N.Y. - The Adelphi University baseball team trailed Mercy College 7-5 heading into the bottom of the ninth and an Anthony Zarrella home run forced extra innings, but the officials called the game in the 10th, resulting in a 7-7 tie at William J. Bonomo Field on Saturday. The Panthers move to 2-0-1 while the Mavericks shift to 0-1-1.

Mercy jumped out to a 5-1 lead after two innings Jeremy Lovera two-run homer capped a four-run second for the Mavericks. Richard Mejia drove in a run on a base hit in the third to make it 5-2 and Chris Pabisch took the hill for three innings of shutout relief to keep the Mavericks in check. Adelphi pulled within a run thanks to an RBI double by Brandon Stahl, who then came around to score on a single by Donato Signore, cutting the deficit to 5-4 through five frames.

Signore pushed another run across in the seventh with a game-tying sacrifice flying, letting starting pitcher Matt Abramowitz off the hook. The tie would not last, however, as Chris Salvo knocked a pinch hit two-run double to put the visitors up 7-5. Ryan Corry threw a scoreless top of the ninth, sending the Panthers to bat in the bottom half down by a pair of runs. Stahl ripped a one-out double, and a strikeout set the stage for Zarrella as the hosts faced their final out. The senior slugger promptly delivered, blasting a game-tying home run to make it 7-7.

Dillon McNamara came in to pitch the 10th for Adelphi and got some help from right fielder Nick Zito, who gunned out the would-be go ahead run at home on an attempted tag from third after a fly ball out. The umpires called the game after the play at the plate, ending the contest in a 7-7 tie. 

The Panthers return to action on Tuesday when they host Queens College at 3 p.m.