Garrett Pelko tossed a complete game in the nightcap as the Misericordia University baseball team salvaged a doubleheader split at DeSales, Saturday.
 
After dropping the opener, 3-2, on a two-out walk-off hit in the bottom of the seventh, the Cougars took game two, 5-2.
 
In the win, Pelko struck out five and scattered five hits over seven innings.
 
Kenny Jarema and Mike Comerford both had two hits and two RBI and Alec Iurato and Connor Rittenhouse both added two hits.
 
Comerford had MU's only two hits in the opener.
 
Cory Vogeli didn't allow an earned run over 5.2 innings and didn't factor in the decision.
 
The Cougars took a 1-0 lead in the top of first of the nightcap.  Chris Boroch drew a lead-off walk and was thrown out trying to score on Iurato's double down the right field line.  Jarema followed with a single down the right field line to plate Iurato.
 
Boroch walked again to lead off the third and moved up on Iurato's single to left.  Jarema made it 2-0 with an RBI-single to center.
 
DeSales tied it, 2-2, with a pair of runs in the bottom of the third, but the Cougars took the lead for the good with three runs in the fifth.
 
Iurato and Jarema drew back-to-back walks to start the inning and moved up on Vinny Annunziata's sacrifice bunt.   Comerford singled up the middle to drive in two runs.  He stole second and scored on Rittenhouse's double to left.
 
DeSales loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth, but Pelko induced an inning-ending double play and retired the side in order in the sixth and seventh innings.
 
In the opener, DeSales took a 1-0 lead with an unearned run in the bottom of the first inning.
 
The Cougars tied it in the second when D.J. Navoczynski drew a one-out walk and eventually scored on a wild pitch.
 
DeSales went up 2-1 with another unearned run in the third.
 
The Cougars pulled even in the fifth when Boroch reached second on an error, moved to third on a wild pitch and came home on Kyle Lindsay's sac fly.
 
The Bulldogs got the game-winning hit with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.
 
Misericordia is 9-5 (2-1) and will open a three-game series at Eastern, Wednesday.