NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (Interstat) — Braize Mitchell lined a two-run single to right field with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving Iona an 8-7 victory over Manhattan on Saturday afternoon at City Park.

Mitchell drove in four runs on the day, capping a back-and-forth Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game that saw both teams surge ahead and fall behind. The Gaels improved to 19-28, while the Jaspers dropped to 20-29.

Manhattan took a quick lead in the top of the first, scoring three runs on three hits. Samuel Vinc singled home Lordier Rya, Lewis Andre drove in Salva Guriy with a base hit and Justin Best’s sacrifice fly brought in Vinc. Iona answered in the bottom half when Mitchell doubled down the left-field line, scoring Nickolas Mora and Matt Zollo to cut the deficit to 3-2.

The Gaels tied the game in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Jesus Rodriguez and an RBI groundout from Mora. Iona added a run in the fourth on a second RBI groundout by Mora to make it 5-3.

Manhattan chipped away in the fifth. Lewis Andre scored on a fielder’s choice by Jung-Goldber, trimming the lead to 5-4. Iona immediately responded in the bottom of the inning when Murphy doubled to right-center to score Jordan Overton, pushing the lead back to 6-4.

The Jaspers erupted for three runs in the sixth to seize a 7-6 lead. Guriy singled home Rya, Andre delivered a sacrifice fly to score Guriy and Justin Best drilled an RBI double down the left-field line to bring in Vinc. Manhattan’s bullpen held Iona scoreless over the next two innings.

Tyler Lender took over for Iona in the seventh and threw three scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out four to earn the win. He kept Manhattan off the board in the seventh, eighth and ninth, setting the stage for the Gaels’ rally.

In the bottom of the ninth, Iona’s Rodriguez singled up the middle. After Mora flied out, Zollo reached on a fielder’s choice that erased Rodriguez. Overton then singled to left, putting runners on first and second. A wild pitch moved both runners into scoring position, and Mitchell lined a single to right, scoring pinch-runner Silvia and Zollo for the walk-off win.

Jackson Klein worked three and two-thirds innings of relief for Manhattan, striking out three but allowing two earned runs. Joseph Duffield started for the Jaspers, going five innings with three strikeouts and six earned runs. Best finished two-for-three with two RBIs for Manhattan. Overton went two-for-four for Iona.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Manhattan 5, Iona 4, and the Interstat ELO system gave Manhattan a 60.60 percent probability to win.