Seton Catholic's baseball team had its perfect power-ranking record challenged Monday afternoon, but dialed up a late rally to stay untarnished in those games.

Dan Garlid, Matt Hart and Matt Pawlowski each knocked in a run in a three-run outburst in the fifth inning that gave the Sentinels a 6-4 victory over Queen Creek in a Division II contest at Seton.

Seton, entering this final week of the regular season No. 1 in the D-II power-rankings, improved to 17-0. The Sentinels also notched victory No. 20 on the year against six losses. They relied on extra-base hits to get the job done against upset-minded Queen Creek.

"We haven't had many games like this," Seton coach Marty Maier said. "You need games like this. You need to know if you're behind you can come back. To come back and win is even better."

Seton led quickly in the first with leadoff hitter Matt Haggerty homering to left for a 1-0 advantage. Seton starter MJ Villegas looked like that would suffice for run support after he fanned four of the first six hitters he faced with a pair of 1-2-3 innings.

But Queen Creek (16-10, 13-4 prg) dug in and battled in the third. Using a three hits -- two of the infield variety and three Seton errors -- the Bulldogs posted all four of their runs. Garlid committed two throwing error,s both trying to throw out hitters he wasn't going to get. Two runs scored on those throws. Jaren Holmes and Kody Funderburke each knocked in a run in the inning for Queen Creek. 

Maier didn't let his team or Villegas get down mentally after that frame.

"I told them they can't keep getting hits like that all game," Maier said. "I don't think (Villegas) let it bother him."

The proof came in the bottom of the third as Niko Villegas doubled, Haggerty walked and Garlid bounced back with a two-run double to close the deficit to 4-3. Good work in relief by Josh Andrews of starter Jaren Holmes kept Queen Creek on top until the fith.

Andrews walked Niko Villegas to open Seton fith and Haggerty, who scored three runs, was hit by a pitch. Garlid then tied the game with a double of left. Hart's double and Pawllowski's sacrifice fly completed the scoring. 

Queen Creek, which entered play in the middle of the D-II power-ranking pack at No. 13,  tried to come back in the sixth. With a runner on base via walk, Andrews came within a foot or so of a game-tying home run to left. Seton left fielder Pawlowski recovered to field the ball off the fence and hit his cutoff  Garlid. Garlid made a perfect throw home to nail the runner at the plate. MJ Villegas fanned two hitters in the inning to escape trouble. He went the distance, giving up six hits, walking one and striking out nine.

"We play aggressive," Queen Creek coach Mike Campbell said. "We were going to make them make that play. They executed."