The Canisius College baseball team couldn't climb out of a four-run deficit and dropped the series finale at Saint Peter's College 5-3 on Sunday afternoon. The Golden Griffins fall to 19-19 on the season and are now 7-2 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Saint Peter's (13-22, 4-5 MAAC) built a 4-0 lead, getting one run in the first and then three runs in the third on a three-run homer from Brian Koster. The Griffs cut into that deficit with a three-run top of the fifth, with sophomore Jimmy Luppens drawing a one-out walk and junior Brooklyn Foster following with a single. Sophomore Ryan Coppinger and freshman Mike Krische had back-to-back RBI singles while sophomore Jose Torralba brought home a run with a sacrifice fly to cut Saint Peter's lead to 4-3.

The Peacocks added an insurance run in the sixth as Canisius would get at least one runner into scoring position in three of the final four innings. The Griffs couldn't capitalize on the opportunities as the duo of Matt Mancini and Dom Macaluso limited the Griffs to three runs on the day.

Redshirt junior Billy Martin (3-3) received the loss, allowing four runs on nine hits in four innings. Redshirt junior Nathan Linseman allowed one run in 1.1 innings of relief while freshman Rohn Pierce threw 2.2 innings of scoreless relief.

Canisius concludes its eight-game road swing at the University at Buffalo on Wednesday. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.

Notes: Canisius lost to Saint Peter's for the first time in eight meetings and the second time in the last 17 meetings with the Peacocks... Coppinger had six hits in the three-game series and had five RBI against the Peacocks. The sophomore came into the weekend with three RBI on the season... Sophomore Ronnie Bernick had his fifth multi-hit game of the season... Pierce now has not allowed a run in his last three relief appearances (4.2 innings).