Things got off on the wrong foot for the Bonny Eagle baseball team on Tuesday. The Scots were on the road, well on their way to Portland to take on Cheverus, when they realized they had to return to the school to get the batting helmets, which were left behind.

The problems carried over onto the field in the early going as Bonny Eagle put the lead man on in the first two innings, only to lose the runners on the base paths, one caught stealing when no sign to steal was given and the other to a pick-off at first base. On the defensive side, a pair of errors by the Scots allowed Cheverus to take a 3-0 lead entering the fourth inning.

As the Scots prepared to bat in the fourth, coach Marc Sawyer told them there was a lot of baseball left.

“We’ve got 12 outs left. Nobody makes an out,” Sawyer said.

And the Scots racked up 16 hits over the final four innings before making those 12 outs as Bonny Eagle rolled to a 13-7 SMAA comeback win over the Stags to improve their record to 7-5. Cheverus dropped to 4-8.

Ryan Nason led off the fourth for Bonny Eagle with a walk. Ricky Hoyt singled to left and Casey McKague ran out an infield hit to load the bases with no outs. Joe Davis, who was picked off first after reaching on a single in the second, launched a triple to the gap in right-center field to tie the game.

It was nice redemption for Davis, who finished 4-for-4 with four RBIs.

“I was just kind of mad that I got picked off,” Davis said. “It’s a clay infield, I’ve got rubber cleats. I just slipped. It was a stupid mistake. I just wanted to get some hits and get the guys’ support back.”

Davis scored on a sacrifice fly by Travis Dunn to put Bonny Eagle up 4-3. After Scots starter Lincoln Sanborn set the Stags down in order in the bottom of the fourth, Bonny Eagle blew the game open with a seven-run fifth inning when it sent 10 men to the plate.

Sanborn singled to lead off before Hoyt smacked a two-run home run over the left field fence. After McKague was hit by a pitch and Davis and Dunn singled to load the bases, Cheverus pulled starter Kirk Mullen, who had allowed only three hits and no runners past second base during the first three innings.

Kevin Moskevich singled off reliever Ian Barwise to plate McKague and Davis. After Tim Grovo singled and Brian Moskevich reached on a fielder’s choice, Sanborn hit a three-run double to make it 11-3.

The Scots tacked on another run in the sixth when a single by Davis scored Joe Marro, who reached on a pinch-hit single. They got another in the seventh when Sanborn’s sacrifice fly drove in Luke Boucher, who reached on a pinch-hit single.

Cheverus scored once in the fifth, once in the sixth and twice in the seventh. Bonny Eagle out hit the Stags 19-9. Sanborn, Hoyt and Grovo each had three hits apiece for the Scots.

Sanborn worked six innings for the victory, striking out eight.

Sanborn led off the game with a single and attempted to steal second on the next pitch. When he was thrown out, Sawyer told his team to pay better attention to his signs, because he didn’t call for Sanborn to steal. When Davis reached to lead off the second, Sawyer put his hands and the air and said, “Look, no signs, no confusion.” A few seconds later, Davis was picked off of first.

“They’re excitable kids,” Sawyer said. “They want to run, they want to get on base, they want to make things happen. Sometimes you make things happen for your team and sometimes you make things happen for the other team.”

The offensive barrage by the Scots against Cheverus – a team that took undefeated Deering to extra innings before losing 2-1 last week – was a good way to bounce back after Bonny Eagle was shut out by South Portland 1-0 on Saturday.

“We’re a team that can swing the bat,” Sawyer said. “We went over to South Portland and ran into a hot pitcher in a tough place to play.”

Over the final four games, Sawyer said he’d like to improve on the way his team starts games. The Scots had two first inning errors against Cheverus – one on an infield grounder and the other on a dropped fly ball in the outfield – that allowed the Stags to post a pair of runs.

“We have to change our approach,” Sawyer said. “In the 12 games we’ve played, we haven’t gotten off to good starts. I’m going to have a conversation with the seniors (Wednesday) to find out why we’re not approaching the game the way we need to.”

In the Heal Point standings released Tuesday, Bonny Eagle is No. 6. Deering is No. 1, followed by Thornton, Biddeford, Marshwood and Westbrook.