The #20 Misericordia University baseball team opened a three-game series with FDU-Florham with a 13-3 win, Friday.
 
Brady Madden had three hits, including a grand slam, and drove in five runs and Brock Bollinger and Jason Sanfilippo also homered.
 
Garrett McIlhenney, Derrick Vosburg and Josh Burger all had two hits.
 
David McCurry worked 6.2 innings to pick up the win.
 
The Cougars took a 5-0 lead in the first.  After three straight walks to open the game, Madden cleared the bases with a grand slam.  Following a pitching change, Joe Comins was hit by a pitch and eventually scored on a throwing error.
 
Burger singled through the left side to start the second inning.  He advanced on a balk an scored on McIlhenney's single through the middle.  McIlhenney stole second and came home on consecutive ground outs to make it 7-0.
 
McIlhenney doubled with one out in the fourth and Bollinger blasted a two-run homer to give MU a 9-0 lead.  Vosburg and Madden singled and Sanfilippo capped the inning with a three-run homer to make it 12-0.
 
The Cougars extended their lead to 13-0 with a two-out run in the fifth.  Bollinger reached via HBP and went to third on Bollinger's single.  Madden singled up the middle to drive in the final run.