SALISBURY, Md. - The Hood College baseball team got the go-ahead run on base in the top of the ninth but No. 22 Salisbury held on for a 3-2 win over the Blazers. 

Inside the Box Score

• Nathan Kessler had two hits and a walk and Jordan Patterson added a pair of base hits. 
• Trent Copenhaver doubled. 
• Daniel Shepherd stole two bases. 
• Hood used the game to get six pitchers work over the nine innings. Connor Henniges took the loss. He allowed one run in one inning of relief. 

How it Happened

• The Blazers scored single runs in the third and fourth innings to take an early lead. 
• Dylan Beck led off the third with a bunt single and stole second. After a passed ball moved him to third, Shepherd squeezed him home for Hood's first run. 
• In the fourth, Joe Kroeger was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on an RBI single by Patterson to make it 2-0. 
• The Sea Gulls cut the lead in half in the bottom of the fourth when Jimmy Monaghan knocked in Tyler Mayo with a single. 
• RBI doubles by Jay Perry in the seventh and Brandon Bonesteel in the eighth put Salisbury on top.  
• Beck was hit by a pitch in the ninth and Andrew Wenner singled to put two runners on with one out, but Xavier Marmol forced a double play to end the game. 

Notes

• Marmol pitched 5.2 innings of relief for the win. He did not allow a run and struck out seven. 
• Monaghan went 2 for 5 with two RBIs and Mayo scored twice. 

Up Next

Hood, 7-3 this season, opens conference at home against Stevenson on Friday, March 15.