OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Road City Explorers kept their league-leading pace going Monday night as they swept the host Old Orchard Beach Surge in a doubleheader at The Ballpark.

The Explorers (17-8) defeated the Surge (6-17) with a ninth-inning comeback win in game one of the doubleheader, with a final score of 7-6.

The Explorers took a 1-0 lead in the first with an RBI from Goose Kallunki.

The Surge took a 2-1 lead in the second on an RBI double from Rob Zinsmeister and an RBI double from Sam DiMatteo.

The Surge extended its lead to 3-1 in the third with a Will Benenson double.

Road City tied it up in the fourth with a two-run single for Luke Flanagan.

Old Orchard Beach took the lead back in the sixth, with a sacrifice hit from Tucker White and a Chris Ray RBI single, making it 5-3 in favor of the Surge.

Road City added one in the seventh with a solo home run for Kallunki.

Surge starter Forrest Moore gave up seven hits, four runs, two walks and three strikeouts in seven innings.

Road City rallied back in the ninth inning, taking a 7-5 lead thanks in part to a two-run single for Kallunki off Surge closer Ron Schreurs.

The Surge added a run in the ninth on an RBI single for Skip Flanagan, but stranded runners to end the game.

The Explorers made easy work of the Surge in the second game of the twinbill, winning by a final score of 14-2.

The Explorers took a 9-0 lead in the fourth inning, paced by a Ricky Claudio bases-clearing double.

Surge starter Zach Leitten lasted just 3 1/3 innings, giving up seven runs on six hits.

Tucker White continued his hot hitting, getting the Surge on the board in the fifth with an RBI double.