BUFFALO, N.Y. (Interstat) — Ronan Donohue homered twice and drove in three runs, leading the Sacred Heart Pioneers to a 10-5 victory over the Canisius Golden Griffins on Sunday afternoon at Demske Sports Complex.

Donohue, a third baseman, went 2 for 4 with a two-run homer in the fifth inning and a solo shot in the eighth, part of a 12-hit attack by the Pioneers (14-27 overall, Metro Atlantic). Sacred Heart snapped a three-game losing streak after dropping the first two games of the series Friday and Saturday.

The Pioneers struck first in the opening inning. JW Fitzgerald tripled to center field and scored on a sacrifice fly by CJ Nolan. Canisius answered in the bottom of the second. Thomas Zwirecki walked, moved to third on a fielder’s choice and a hit-by-pitch, then scored on a sacrifice fly by Owen Silliman. The Golden Griffins (18-24) grabbed a 2-1 lead in the third after Bennett Cox singled, advanced on a Mason Cisco single and scored on Zwirecki’s RBI single.

Sacred Heart seized control in the top of the fourth. Daniel Rice III and Chris Wilson singled, and Will Cook followed with a three-run homer to right field, putting the Pioneers ahead 4-2. Donohue extended the lead in the fifth with a two-run blast to left, scoring Will Rudolph, who had walked.

Canisius pulled within 6-3 in the bottom of the fifth. Cox singled, stole second, advanced to third on an error by the catcher and scored on a sacrifice fly by Eric Weeks. The run was unearned.

Sacred Heart added insurance in the seventh. Donohue walked, stole second and scored on a single by Kyle Cincinnati. The Pioneers broke the game open in the eighth. Fitzgerald singled and moved to third on a flyout, then Nolan homered to left field for two runs. Donohue followed with his second homer of the day, a solo shot to center.

Canisius mounted a late rally in the ninth. Owen Silliman hit a solo homer to left, and Justin Bremner added a solo shot to left, pulling the Golden Griffins within 10-5. Grady Brown singled, but Bennett Cox grounded into a double play to end the game.

PJ Rogan earned the win in relief, tossing three scoreless innings with three strikeouts, allowing no hits. Anakin Underhill threw two scoreless innings with one strikeout. For Canisius, Weston Elkovitch pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts, and Trent Rudge struck out one in 1 1/3 hitless innings.

The top star for Sacred Heart was Donohue, who bounced back after going 0 for 2 in Friday’s loss and 2 for 4 in Saturday’s loss. The Pioneers had lost four of their previous five games entering Sunday. Canisius had won the first two games of the series by scores of 6-3 and 5-3.

The victory gave Sacred Heart a split of the three-game Metro Atlantic series. The Pioneers host Fairfield for three games beginning Thursday. Canisius welcomes Siena for a three-game set starting Wednesday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Canisius 6, Sacred Heart 3, and Interstat’s ELO system projected the Golden Griffins with a 53.60 percent probability to win.