COTE ST. LUC, Que. -- Jared Kersh doubled in Jonathan Duforest for the winning run in the bottom of the fifth inning as McGill rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Carleton Ravens to take the opener of a doubleheader at Gary Carter Field on Saturday.

The result extended McGill's regular-season win streak to 22 games in Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association play, dating back to last season.

McGill ace Phil Saad, who pitched his third consecutive complete game,   improved his record to 3-0. He allowed five hits and one run over seven innings, striking out six and walking two. Saad, who leads the league with 34 strikeouts, threw 115 pitches, 76 for strikes.

Carleton opened the scoring in the top of the second inning, when Manny Restrepo stroked an RBI single to left on a 3-2 count, cashing in Ty Burnside, who had singled and moved to second base on a balk.
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McGill tied the score at 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth when Rocky Hroch singled in Camden Lawhead, who had singled and advanced to second on a sarifice bunt by Benji Kaiserman.

In the decisive fifth, Duforest drew a leadoff walk and came around to score the winning run on Kersh's double to right field on the first pitch he saw.

Troy Clarke started on the mound for Carleton, allowing no runs on four hits over three innings. He was relieved by Derek Harkin, who took the loss. Harkin went three innings, allowing two runs on three hits, striking out two and walking one.

Lawhead and Kersh each collected multiple hits for McGill, which finished with seven hits in the game.

McGill (12-0) and carleton (8-6) were slated to begin Game 2 of the doubleheader at 3 p.m., with Rocky Hroch slated to go up against Ravens starter Ryan Burnside.