MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Jared Berardino and Stan DeMartinis III both went yard, but the Bentley baseball team came up just short against Mercy, 13-11, Sunday afternoon. It was the final game of the Falcons' weekend trip in Myrtle Beach.

Berardino and DeMartinis are both up to four home runs through Bentley's (3-4) first seven games of the season. Berardino has 11 RBI this season, and DeMartinis has 10.

Berardino's homer against Mercy (5-3) increased Bentley's lead to 7-5 in the bottom of the sixth inning. However, Mercy scored four runs in both the seventh and eighth innings to take a 13-8 lead.

The Falcons' comeback bid started when Berardino led off the bottom of the eighth inning with a double. Nick Pappas was then hit by a pitch, and DeMartinis cleared the bases with a three-run homer that brought Bentley to within two runs.

Immediately following the homer run, Brendan Sencaj tried to keep the rally going when he reached base with a single. However, Sencaj was ultimately stranded on base.

Still trailing by two runs in the ninth inning, Bentley went three up and three down in the final stanza.

Berardino went 3-for-5 in the game, while Jimmy Mitchell and David VanderZouwen both went 3-for-4. Mitchell scored three runs and drove in three.

The Falcons return to Florida in two weeks, where the six-game trip begins with consecutive single games against Post (March 6-7).