Softball 3/5/2023 8:04:00 PM Spencer Kowatch, Sports Infomation Graduate Assistant

Blazers fall twice to Dickinson

Box Score FREDERICK, Md. - The Hood College softball team lost both games to the Dickinson Red Devils 4-0 and 7-5.

Inside the Circle

Jordan Long (Middletown, Md./Middletown) tossed seven innings for the Blazers in the opener. The junior allowed four runs on eight hits, and no walks. She struck out four.
In the second game, Rebecca Gottleib (Linthicum, Md./North County) was the first of three pitchers. She allowed one run on four hits in three innings. Rachel Benden (Gaithersburg, Md./Damascus) allowed four runs in the fourth. Lindsay Wilson (Pasadena, Md./Annapolis Area Christian School) finished the game with three innings of relief. She allowed a pair of unearned runs on three hits and a walk, taking the loss.

At the Plate

Alyssa Walters (New Oxford, Pa./New Oxford) went 3-for-6 on the day with a double and two singles. The sophomore crossed home and added a walk.
Chloe Saunders (Middletown, Md./Middletown) doubled and drove in two.
In the second game, Jordan Long (Middletown, Md./Middletown) went 2-for-3 and scored two runs.
Gottleib doubled in both games.

Dickinson 4, Hood 0

The Red Devils scored first in the second inning when Emily Whelan hit a solo home run to left field.
In the fourth inning, Paige Hahn hit a lead-off double for Dickinson and scored on a Whelan sacrifice fly to center for the second run for the Red Devils.
Dickinson increased its lead by two with a two-out RBI double to center field knocking in Devon Kueny Jane Lloyd.
The Blazers could not get anything going offensively, only mustering four hits and drawing two walks against Lindsay Kucker and Riley Kuehn.
Kucker went five innings for the win.
Kuehn pitched a perfect sixth and seventh for the save.

Dickinson 7, Hood 5

In the bottom of the first, Jocelyn Pfleiger (Quakertown, Pa./Dock Mennonite Academy) was able to draw a walk and double to left field by Gottleib advanced Pfleiger to third. The Blazers scored their first run of the day when Pfleiger scored on a throwing error by Dickinson.
In the second inning, Hahn hit a leadoff home run to right field to tie the game at 1-1 After Hahn homered to tie the game in the second, the Blazers reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the inning.
Long singled to start the inning and Gabby Carton (Middletown, N.J./Middletown North) followed with a walk. After Colleen Blasko (Bowie, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) bunted them into scoring position, an RBI groundout by Saunders made it 2-1.
Eden Blanker led off the fifth with a homer to give the Red Devils a 5-2 advantage.
A two-out rally in the bottom of the sixth inning tied it for the Blazers. Walters led off the frame with a double and Long was hit by a pitch. It appeared Dickinson may escape the inning but a two-out double by Chloe Saunders (Middletown, Md./Middletown) kept the inning going, driving in Walters. A bobbled throw at the first base and a dropped fly ball allowed Long and Saunders to score, tying things at 5-5.
In the top of the seventh, Hahn reached on an error, which proved to be the difference. With the score still tied and two outs, Jessie Sandusky ripped a two-run double for the go-ahead runs, knocking in Blanker and Kaylie Renner.

For the Red Devils

Sandusky tallied three RBIs and scored three times and two hits in the second game for the Red Devils.
Blanker was 4-for-7 on the day with three RBIs and a solo home run.
Hahn was 3-for-7 with a solo home run.
Kuney was 3-for-8 on the day with a double, one RBI, and a stolen base.
In game two Kuehn pitched four innings allowing five hits and two earned runs. Renner came into relief pitching three innings and allowed two hits and one earned run.

Notes

Up Next
The Blazers play host to Eastern Mennonite University for a non-conference doubleheader on Thursday, March 9 at 2 p.m.

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