FRANKLIN SPRINGS, Ga. - The Embry-Riddle baseball team opened a three-game series at Emmanuel on Friday night, scoring 13 runs on 15 hits. Unfortunately, the Eagles (9-12) didn't quite have enough offense as the host Lions (10-13) won 14-13 despite four homers from the Blue and Gold.

Kyle Guttveg tallied the first run of the night when he scored from third on a passed ball in the top of the first. The ERAU center fielder had singled, moved to second on a Jordan Hicks walk and then to third on a groundout.

The one-run lead quickly went away as Emmanuel strung together six straight hits, including a three-run homer, in the bottom of the inning, chasing ERAU starter Daniel Agramont from the game and taking a 5-1 lead.

Embry-Riddle answered right back in the second as Alex Dodd made it 5-4 with a three-run blast, scoring Justin Franklin and Cole Habig after they each singled to open the frame. The Eagles threatened for more in the inning as Jake Malone walked after Dodd's homer, moving all the way to third with no outs before Joe Lucas walked. Malone was thrown out at home on a Hick's ground ball back to the pitcher and the Eagles couldn't push the tying run across the plate.

The Lions extended their lead in the home second thanks to four hits and two walks, making it 9-4 before Joey Gerber was able to get out of the inning for the Blue and Gold.

Neither team scored in the third, but Luis Olivier delivered a two-out, two-run homer in the fourth, cutting the deficit to 9-6 before EC got one of those runs back thanks to an Eagle error in the last of the fourth inning.

Trailing 10-6, the Eagles rallied in a big way in the fifth, starting with a Franklin double. After Habig walked, Dodd reached on an error while collecting an RBI on a ball hit to short, and Malone followed with a single to right-center to plate Habig. Guttveg tied the game with a single, pushing both Dodd and Malone across to make it 10-10.

A two-run homer and RBI groundout in the Lion fifth gave them back the lead, 13-10, and that's where it stood until the seventh when Malone blasted his second home run of the year after a Dodd leadoff single, cutting the Lion lead to 13-12. Guttveg followed a few batters later with a solo shot to again tie the game.

Aidan Brady kept Emmanuel scoreless in the seventh, but back-to-back doubles in the EC eighth once again gave them a lead, this time at 14-13 before ERAU went quietly in the ninth.

Dodd went 3-for-5 with four RBIs, while Franklin finished 4-for-5 on the night and Guttveg was 3-for-6 with three RBIs. Malone went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a pair of runs scored for Embry-Riddle.

The Lions and Eagles meet up tomorrow at 3 p.m. for game two of their three-game series.