FREDERICK, Md. - The Hood College baseball team picked up a 15-2 win over visiting Stevenson in a Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth contest.

Inside the Box Score

• Jordan Patterson went 4 for 5 and drove in three.
• Drake Friend had a triple among three hits and scored three times. 
• Wayne Baldwin, Cam Esposito, Josh Greenberg and Josh Gall each had two hits. Esposito had his fifth triple of the year and drove in three. Gall launched a two-run home run, his fifth dinger of the season. 
• Travis Schweizer turned in a strong effort for his fifth win of the year. He allowed two runs on four hits and two walks in six innings. 
• Connor Henniges, Michael Hernandez and Paul Jackson each pitched an inning of scoreless relief. 

How it Happened

• Stevenson took a 2-0 lead in the second, but the lead was short-lived as the Blazers scored four in the bottom half of the inning. Wayne Baldwin doubled with two outs to start Hood's rally. Drake Friend followed with a RBI single. After an error and a wild pitch, Esposito gave the Blazers the lead with a two-run triple. Patterson drove him in with an infield single to make it 4-2. 
• Hood pulled away with six runs in the sixth. The Blazers loaded the bases with no outs and Quinn Fulton knocked a single through the middle to drive in a pair. Bunt, RBI singles by Esposito and Patterson followed to make it 8-2. A two-run single by Dylan Johnson capped the inning as Hood went ahead 10-2. 
• Five more runs in the sixth made it 15-2. Greenberg singled in a run and scored on a two-run blast by Gall that put Hood ahead 13-2. Friend had a RBI triple and scored on a double by Patterson for a 13-run advantage. 

Notes

• Michael Rhodes hit a two-run homer in the second inning for all of Stevenson's scoring. 
• Jake Hall added a double and a walk. 
• James Wiercinski allowed six earned runs in 3.1 innings to take the loss. 

Up Next

Hood heads to Owings Mills, Maryland on Saturday, April 8 for a doubleheader against the Mustangs.