CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Mount Mercy rallied for four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning in their home opener and defeated William Penn, 5-4, in Midwest Collegiate Conference baseball on Wednesday at Ken Charipar Field.

Three of Mount Mercy's four runs in that critical sixth inning were unearned. After being hit by a pitch, senior second baseman Ryan Lopez stole second base, moved to third on a long fly to right center field by senior catcher Rey Lopez, and scored on junior shortstop Will Scholer's RBI single.

Junior first baseman Jeremy Glunt followed with a base hit that William Penn's center fielder misplayed, allowing Scholer to score all the way from first. Senior designated hitter Ernesto Fajardo drove in pinch runner Gilberto Casique with the go-ahead run, and pinch hitter Albert Diaz capped off the inning with a run-scoring double that scored Fajardo.

Derrick Weber (4-4) allowed no earned runs while scattering seven hits over six innings. Dustin BeGuhn went the final 1 2/3 innings for the Mustangs to get his first save. Chris Freedman was the hard-luck loser on Wednesday, giving up just one earned run on six hits over eight innings.

Mount Mercy travels to Forest City for a pair of league games against Waldorf tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. On Monday, the Mustangs have an MCC doubleheader at Clarke at 2:00 p.m. before beginning a seven-game homestand April 10 against Grand View.