TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Interstat) — Dylan Fitzsimmons homered and drove in four runs as Saint John’s Red Storm defeated Northern Illinois Huskies 21-8 on Sunday afternoon at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium. Saint John’s improved to 35-24, while Northern Illinois fell to 36-18.

Fitzsimmons went 2 for 5 with a three-run home run in the fifth inning. Jon LeGrande added four hits and three RBIs, Rob Mansour had three hits and three RBIs, and Shaun McMilan contributed three hits and two RBIs for the Red Storm, who amassed 20 hits.

Evan Chaffee earned the win, allowing no hits but five earned runs over 5 1/3 innings with nine strikeouts. Nick Romer pitched a scoreless inning of relief.

Marcus Romero homered twice and drove in two runs for Northern Illinois, which managed 10 hits. Kayden Jennings added a solo home run. The Huskies scored single runs in the second, third and seventh innings, and added two in the eighth. Saint John’s broke the game open with a 10-run fourth inning and added runs in the fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth.