SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The Santa Clara University baseball team has it on repeat by now.
 
10-plus runs, 10-plus hits, shutout relief on the mound, come from behind to win…
 
The Broncos did it once again on Saturday, scoring 11 unanswered runs on 11 hits, getting five innings of shutout relief and erasing an early 1-0 deficit to clinch a series win over visiting UMBC with an 11-1 victory in game two of the series at Schott Stadium.
 
Saturday marked the fourth time in a row Santa Clara (3-2) scored double-digit runs, the fourth consecutive game in which it had at least 10 hits, the third game in a row it came from behind to win, and the second straight game with the bullpen putting up nothing but zeros.
 
The Broncos scored runs in four consecutive innings from the fourth through seventh, putting the game away for good with a six-spot in the seventh. Efrain Manzo did most of the damage for Santa Clara, going 3 for 3 with a career-high-tying five RBIs and only needing a triple for the cycle. His two-run homer in the sixth made it 5-1, and his bases-loaded, three-run double in the seventh buried the Retrievers (0-2) with a 10-1 score at the time.

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Jordan Lewis (2 for 4) had Santa Clara's other multi-hit game while scoring and driving in a run. The Broncos drew 11 more walks Saturday after drawing 10 in Friday night's opener. Three of those walks (and a hit-by-pitch) came around to score, and four others made it into scoring position, creating traffic on the basepaths for the UMBC pitching staff all afternoon.
 
Max Bayles, Josh Johnson and Jack Lazark combined to throw five innings of shutout, no-hit relief. Bayles (2-0) earned his second win in as many weekends with two innings near-perfect work. He struck out four and only walked one, his only blemish. Josh Johnson threw 1 2/3 innings of relief with a strikeout, and Lazark closed the game out with 1 1/3 innings, only facing one over the minimum.
 
Ben Cleary's first career triple tied the game at 1-1 in the fourth, and JonJon Berring drove him home in the next at-bat with a hard-hit groundball to put the Broncos up for good at 2-1.
 
UMBC's Matt Ryan went 2 for 4 to lead the Retrievers offensively. UMBC starter Jayden Shertel (0-1) only allowed two runs on three hits in four innings, but he walked five against only two strikeouts.
 
The series concludes Sunday with first pitch scheduled for noon. Santa Clara righty Cole Kitchen is set to face UMBC right-hander Sam Downs. Fans can purchase tickets and find all live coverage links at SantaClaraBroncos.com.