WORCESTER, Mass. — Senior first baseman Andrew Selima delivered a walkoff single in a 10-inning Game 1 victory before hitting a grand slam in a Game 2 slugfest as the Holy Cross baseball team split a weekend-opening doubleheader against Army West Point on Saturday, May 1.

In the opening game, the Crusaders (9-14, 8-10 Patriot League) erased a 3-1 deficit and scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth inning; no more runs came across until the bottom of the 10th inning, when Selima hit a single to score junior catcher Angelo D'Acunto.

Game 2 featured four home runs between the two teams, including the grand slam from Selima and senior left fielder Evan Blum's first career homer, but the Crusaders could not hold off a massive rally from the Black Knights (18-18, 12-8 Patriot League), falling 17-14 in 10 innings.

GAME 1:
Holy Cross 4, Army 3 (10 innings)

STATS LEADERS:
Holy Cross:

• D'Acunto (3-for-5, double, two runs scored)
• Selima (2-for-5, RBI)
• McElroy (2-for-4, RBI)
• Wolf (2-for-4, two doubles)
• Bryant (W, 4.0 IP, no runs, two hits, two strikeouts)

Army:

• Giachin (3-for-4, double)
• Dubrule (2-for-5, double)
• Walden (2-for-3)

W: Bryant (3-1)
L: Early (2-2)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Army drove across its first run of the game on a bases-loaded groundout in the top of the first.
• Freshman second baseman Sam Kirkpatrick hit a solo home run over the left field wall to even things up in the bottom of the third.
• The Black Knights took a 3-1 lead in the top of the sixth inning.
• In the bottom of the sixth, Holy Cross loaded the bases after Blum and D'Acunto singled and Selima beat out a bunt attempt. Freshman right fielder Jake McElroy had a single up the middle to score Blum, and D'Acunto later scored on a double play.
• Holy Cross loaded up the bases in the bottom of the seventh on three straight walks, but could not drive in any runs.
• D'Acunto hit a double to lead off the 10^th inning, and scored after Selima singled to center.

GAME 2:
Army 17, Holy Cross 14 (10 innings)

STATS LEADERS:
Holy Cross:

• Selima (2-for-4, home run, four RBI)
• D'Acunto (2-for-4, double, three RBI)
• Blum (2-for-5, double, home run, three runs scored, two RBI)
• McElroy (2-for-6, three runs scored, triple, RBI)
• Latham (3-for-6, two runs scored)
• Dellacono (2-for-6, double)

Army:

• Manesis (2-for-4, home run, four RBI)
• Ruta (2-for-5, three RBI)
• Walden (2-for-5, home run, three runs scored)

W: Flannery (3-1)
L: Sutman (1-1)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Holy Cross posted a five-run first inning, with an RBI double from Blum, a two-run double from D'Acunto, an RBI triple by McElroy and an RBI single from junior designated hitter Nate Wolf.
• Army scored an unearned run in the top of the second.
• Selima opened up the Holy Cross lead to 9-1 in the second with a grand slam to right field; McElroy scored another run in the frame to make it 10-1 after a fielding error.
• A two-run homer brought Army within 10-3 in the third.
• Blum responded in the bottom of the third with a solo homer to right.
• Army used a five-run fourth inning to cut within 11-8.
• That score held until the seventh, when D'Acunto had a single to center, scoring freshman third baseman Thomas Latham.
• Army got another run back on a bases-loaded walk in the eighth; an RBI groundout pushed Holy Cross' lead back to four, 13-9, in the bottom half of the frame.
• Army notched four runs in the top of the ninth to tie things up; in the top of the 10^th, they tacked on another four runs to take a 17-13 lead.
• Sophomore center fielder Ben Dellacono scored after an error, but Holy Cross could rally no further in the bottom of the 10^th.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

• Selima's grand slam was the first by a Crusader since the 2016 season; it also marked Selima's first career homer at Fitton Field.

DUE UP:

• Holy Cross will close out the weekend series against Army with a doubleheader on Sunday, May 2.
• First pitch at Fitton Field is set for noon.