FREDERICK, Md. - Hood College's baseball team split the day highlighted by an Austin Rhue (Milton, Del./Cape Henlopen) two-run homer in a game one win 8-2 and good defense in a 2-1 loss against Mary Washington.
On the Mound
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Joe Alexander (Leesburg, Va./Loudoun County) started game one and threw five innings allowing two hits on one run while walking only one and striking out five and earning the win.
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Dutch DeProspero (Leesburg, Va./Loudoun County) threw two innings giving up three hits on one run while walking none.
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Tyler Cooney (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) tossed seven innings, only allowing five hits on one earned run while walking three and striking out five in game two.
At the Plate
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Austin Rhue (Milton, Del./Cape Henlopen) went 3-for-4 including a two-run homer and two RBIs in game 1ne
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Cameron Day (Hagerstown, Md./Clear Spring) went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a walk in game one.
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Tyler Schwarzman (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg) went 2-for-3 in game two.
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Keegan Brennan (Lake Wynonah, Pa./Nativity BVM) went 0-for-1 scoring a run and drew two walks in game two.
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Alex Jenkins (Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge) went 2-for-4 on the day with a double and drew two walks.
Hood 8, Mary Washington 2
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Austin Rhue (Milton, Del./Cape Henlopen) led off with a base hit to start the bottom half of the first before being moved from station to station via small ball and then scoring on a wild pitch.
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Move to the Blazers' next at-bat, where Sebastian Paz (Miami, Fla./Immaculata-La Salle) reached first on an error and later scored on an Alex Jenkins (Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge) double. Later, Jenkins scored on a passed ball to put Hood up 3-0. The big damage in the inning was a towering homer to left field by Austin Rhue (Milton, Del./Cape Henlopen) scoring Keegan Brennan (Lake Wynonah, Pa./Nativity BVM) who walked earlier to extend the Hood lead 5-0.
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Alexander didn't allow a hit until the forth inning making quick work of the Eagles. The fifth inning he would not go unscaled as a hit batter turned into a run after Oliver Martin grounded out to second base to score Martinez.
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DeProspero would relieve Alexander, his only blemish was a double by Ty Lowe scoring a runner to put the score at 7-2.
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Rhue would rinse and repeat as he singled and stole second and eventually scored on a fielder's choice created by Amrit Brown (Asheville, N.C./Asheville) to cap scoring off at 8-2.
Mary Washington 2, Hood 1
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In the top of the third, the Eagles' Oliver Martin drove a single to the outfield and moved via passed ball before scoring on a Connor Hassan single that the throw was sent into right field.
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Later a ball lifted to the outfield by Steifman scored Hassan putting Mary Washington up 2-0.
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Flip to the bottom of the inning, where Austin Rhue (Milton, Del./Cape Henlopen) reached on a walk and Tyler Schwarzman (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg) singled. Stephen Sommer (Leesburg, Va./Loudoun) grounded to second and putout Schwarzman but the wild throw from the receiving shortstop to get the double play at first base scored Rhue.
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There would be a stalemate between Tyler Cooney (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) and Eagles' Gabe Delgado with no runs scoring in the last four innings. Schwarzman's single in the fifth was the Blazers' last runner via hit.
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Up Next
The Blazers are back in action March 12 when they travel to Immaculata to face the Mighty Macs at 3 p.m..
