MASON, Ohio (Interstat) — Saint John’s scored four unanswered runs after the fourth inning to defeat Creighton 5-3 Sunday evening in the Big East Baseball Championship. The Red Storm improved to 33-24, while the Bluejays fell to 31-26.

Creighton took an early lead in the second on a sacrifice fly by Venteicher. Rocco Gump hit a solo homer in the third and added an RBI single in the fourth to make it 3-1. Saint John’s answered in the bottom of the fourth when Cristian Bernardini homered, and later tied the game on an RBI single by McMillan and a fielding error. In the seventh, the Red Storm took the lead on a Cowan single that advanced on a throwing error, and Frey added an RBI single.

Victor Frederick pitched three innings of two-hit, scoreless relief for the win. Evan Hoeckele and Tyler Longoria each threw two scoreless innings. Jack Pineau allowed two earned runs in four innings for Creighton. Gump led the Bluejays with two hits and two RBIs. Creighton had seven hits to Saint John’s six, but the Bluejays committed two errors that led to three unearned runs.