Unlike the previous two matchups with Gannon, Pitt-Johnstown had no trouble acquiring leads and continually adding on in 8-2 and 10-4 victories to sweep a PSAC West doubleheader on Monday afternoon at McConnell Family Stadium.

The Mountain Cats captured three out of four games in the season-series against the Golden Knights after dropping the opener and evened their record at 13-13 and 4-4 in the PSAC. The Golden Knights fell to 3-18 overall and 1-7 in the conference.

Game one starter Seth Shuey gave the Mountain Cats plenty of time to get their offense on track. The junior picked up the win after allowing just one run on four hits with three strikeouts in 4.2 innings of work.

Alex Ebeling was a fixture on the basepaths in both contests. He notched two hits, drew four walks and scored four times.

The scoreless tie was broken when Zach Ramach walked to lead off the third, moved to third on Alex Glumac's double and eventually scored on Josh Ulery's sacrifice fly.

Ebeling began the fourth with a walk. Devon Boyles followed with a double and both players came all the way around to score on an error to make it 3-0.

Gannon scratched the scoreboard in its half of the fifth, but Aidan Steinbugl's two-RBI triple in the sixth pushed the lead to 5-1. Three more insurance runs on four hits in the seventh was highlighted by a two-RBI double into the left center field gap courtesy of Boyles to extend it to 8-1.

Glumac finished 2-for-4. Steinbugl recorded two hits.

The Mountain Cats picked up right where they left off at the onset of game two when Ulery walked with one out in the first, advanced to second on Justin Turcovski's walk and scored on a single courtesy of Ebeling. 

Ebeling also jump started a three-run third inning with a one-out walk before going to third on back-to-back singles from Boyles and Josh Reynolds. Ramach's bases-loaded walk made it 2-1 and Glumac's two-RBI single put the Mountain Cats on top 4-1.

The Golden Knights notched a pair of runs in the third to make it a one-run game. But after a sacrifice fly from Reynolds and an RBI-double courtesy of Steinbugl in the fourth restored a three-run lead, the Mountain Cats notched four runs on three hits in the fifth to blow the game open.

Brandon Clifford got the start and gave up three runs—two earned—on four hits in three innings. Luke Lea earned his first victory of the season in relief after tossing three innings and surrendering just one run on three hits. Erik Rhodes threw a scoreless seventh.

After impending rain postponed their meeting with Lock Haven on Tuesday, the Mountain Cats will have three days off before opening a four-game series at Seton Hill with a doubleheader on Friday beginning at 1 p.m.