LEWISBURG, Pa. (Interstat) — Alex Sandell drove in four runs and Holy Cross built an early lead, then held off a late Bucknell rally in a 14-11 victory Wednesday at Eugene B. Depew Field.

Sandell, the Crusaders’ second baseman, went 2 for 6 with a pair of run-scoring doubles. His RBI double in the fourth inning tied the game, and he added a two-run single in the sixth that extended Holy Cross’s advantage to seven runs. The win gave Holy Cross a 25-28 record and a split of its three-game series with Bucknell, which dropped to 27-24.

Holy Cross took a 2-0 lead in the first inning without a hit. CJ Egrie walked, stole second and then stole home. Gianni Royer also walked, stole second and third and later stole home on a double steal. The Crusaders added a run in the third when Ryan Grundy homered to right field.

Bucknell answered with a five-run third. Ty Lagoni singled and scored on a bases-loaded walk to Zach Selfon. John Calabrese scored on a sacrifice fly, Lleyton Coupe scored on a Deacon Bowne single, and Billy Fluharty tripled to right field to drive in Bowne and Selfon, putting the Bison ahead 5-3.

Holy Cross tied the game in the fourth. Egrie doubled and scored on Sandell’s double, and Braden Connors grounded out to plate Sandell. The Crusaders then took control with a four-run fifth. John LaFleur doubled and scored on a Van Coughlin single. With the bases loaded, Gianni Royer, Connors and Grundy drew consecutive walks, each forcing in a run to make it 9-5.

Holy Cross added three more in the sixth. Coughlin doubled and scored on a bases-loaded walk to Egrie. Sandell followed with a single up the middle that scored Owen Stelzer and Nick Andersen, and a groundout by Royer brought home Egrie for a 13-5 lead.

Bucknell chipped away. Fluharty tripled in two runs in the seventh and scored on a Michael Trommer single to cut the deficit to 13-8. Holy Cross answered in the eighth when Egrie walked, stole second and scored on a Sandell groundout to make it 14-8.

The Bison scored one in the eighth on a Coupe groundout and two in the ninth. Trommer singled home Fluharty, and Garrett Mathias singled up the middle to drive in Trommer, bringing the tying run to the on-deck circle. But John Calabrese struck out swinging to end the game.

Trommer finished 3 for 5 with two RBIs for Bucknell. Fluharty went 2 for 6 with four RBIs, tripling twice. Grundy added a home run and two RBIs for Holy Cross, and Coughlin went 3 for 5 with an RBI.

Brett Mulligan earned the win in relief, throwing 1 2/3 innings of scoreless, hitless ball with three strikeouts. Aidan Gilbert followed with 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Jaden Wywoda took the loss after allowing six earned runs over 4 2/3 innings.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Holy Cross 7, Bucknell 5, and its ELO system gave Bucknell a 53.30 percent probability to win.