DAVENPORT, Fla. -- The Lawrence University baseball team rallied for a decisive two runs in the seventh Tuesday and got a superlative relief performance in a 9-7 nonconference victory over Hamilton College.
    Nathaniel Johannes tossed 4.2 innings of one-hit relief to earn his first collegiate victory for Lawrence. He struck out four and walked three.
    Edan Perez went 3-for-3 with two home runs, drove in five runs and scored three times to lead Lawrence's 14-hit attack. Parker Knoll went 3-for-5 with a homer and drove in three runs for the Vikings, and Jacob Charon was 3-for-5. Zach Leslie went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles, scored a pair of runs and drove in a run for Lawrence (5-3).
    Lawrence trailed 3-0 before Leslie's run-scoring double in the second scored Charon and trimmed the margin to 3-1. After Hamilton scored in the bottom half of the inning, Knoll blasted a lead-off homer to start the third and cut the lead to 4-2.
    The Vikings then tied the game in the fourth with a pair of runs. Leslie started the inning with a double, and Perez followed with a two-run shot to tie the game at 4-4. 
    Hamilton came back to take the lead with two runs of its own in the bottom of the fourth, but the Vikings rallied again in the top of the fifth. 
    Spenser Ross started the rally with a double, and Leslie was then hit by a pitch. Perez then smacked a three-run homer to left to give the Vikings a 7-6 lead. Hamilton struck back in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game at 7-7.
    Lawrence rallied again in the seventh when Perez drew a one-out walk to get things started. After Nick Heerde singled and a wild pitch moved up both runners, Knoll singled up the middle to score both runners for a 9-7 advantage.
    Johannes worked around a single in the seventh, set down Hamilton in order in the eighth and worked around a one-out walk in the ninth to close out the victory. Johannes induced a 6-4-3 double play to end the game.
    Michael Giorsi took the loss in relief for Hamilton (6-5). 
    Lawrence returns to action on Wednesday when the Vikings take on Union (N.Y.) College.