FISHKILL, N.Y. (Interstat) — Eric Weeks drove in four runs on a perfect 4-for-4 day, leading the Canisius Golden Griffins to an 8-5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference victory over the Manhattan Jaspers on Sunday afternoon and evening at Dutchess Stadium.

Weeks doubled in the first inning, added a sacrifice fly in the second, singled in the fourth and capped his performance with a two-run homer in the sixth. He finished with a home run and four RBIs. The victory lifted Canisius to 13-21 overall, while Manhattan fell to 14-22.

The Golden Griffins erupted for four runs in the top of the first against Manhattan starter Trey Packen. Grady Brown doubled down the left-field line, JC Spinosa singled and Bennett Cox drove in a run with a single to right-center. Cox stole second and later scored on a balk, and Weeks followed with an RBI double to make it a 4-0 lead. Canisius added an unearned run in the second when Thomas Zwirecki scored on a sacrifice fly by Weeks after an error extended the inning.

Manhattan answered quickly in the bottom of the first. Guriyandel Salva singled, Vincent Samuel doubled and Trevor Hansen delivered a two-run single to cut the deficit to 4-2. The Jaspers added another run in the second on a sacrifice fly by Ryan Lordier that scored Hunter Sute, making the score 4-3.

Canisius extended its lead in the fourth. With two outs, Weeks singled and Spinosa scored on a fielding error by Manhattan second baseman Jackson Brinker, making it 5-3. The Golden Griffins broke the game open in the sixth. Spinosa led off with a single, and two batters later Weeks crushed a 2-0 pitch over the left-field fence for his fourth homer of the season, stretching the lead to 7-3.

Manhattan mounted a late rally in the eighth against Canisius reliever Weston Elkovitch. Justin Best led off the inning with a solo home run to right field, and Colin Basehore followed with a solo shot to left, pulling the Jaspers within 7-5. But Canisius added an insurance run in the top of the ninth. Andrew Marcello tripled and scored on a two-out error by Manhattan left fielder, making it 8-5.

Canisius used a committee of pitchers to hold the Jaspers at bay. Starter Mark Rogers worked a scoreless first, then Noah Albano entered in the second and threw 4⅔ shutout innings, allowing no hits and striking out three. Felix Morin pitched a perfect ninth to earn the save. For Manhattan, reliever Joseph Duffield allowed two earned runs over 4⅔ innings, and Garrett Theile tossed three scoreless frames.

Both teams finished with 11 hits. For Canisius, Brown, Spinosa and Cox each had two hits. Manhattan’s Samuel went 3-for-5 with two doubles, and Basehore and Best each homered.

The win ended a three-game losing streak for Canisius, which had dropped six of its previous seven contests. Manhattan had lost two straight entering the game. The Golden Griffins head on the road to face Iona for a three-game series starting May 1. Manhattan travels for a midweek game at Navy on April 29 before a weekend series at Dartmouth.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Manhattan 5, Canisius 4, and the Interstat ELO system gave Manhattan a 51.00 percent probability to win.