FREDERICK, Md. – Baseball would split the day against Mary Baldwin with help of crooked innings from both sides and early runs as Hood takes game one 9-1 but falls in game two 10-5.
Inside the Box Score
AJ Haines (Arlington, Va./Bishop O'Connell) scored thrice and had six hits on the day.
Ty Broughton (Charles Town, W.Va./Washington) scored three times and drove in four RBIs on the day.
Matthew Stout (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville) notched three hits in game one.
Jack Patterson (Boyds, Md./Northwest) went 2-for-3 and had a pair of RBIs in game two.
On the Mound
Finn-Scott Daniels shoved in six innings of work and allowed only three hits and one run in the win.
Frank Spaide (Bensalem, Pa./Conwell-Egan Catholic) got the call in game two with four innings of work allowing two earned runs and six hits in the no decision.
From the Bullpen
Aaron Heller (Philadelphia, Pa./Jack Barrack Hebrew Acad.) had a clean 7
th inning appearance in game one.
Hood 9, Mary Baldwin 1
AJ Haines (Arlington, Va./Bishop O'Connell) had been living by the big swing so far this week after a pair of doubles against Wilson the day, prior, he'd start today's game with the long ball.
The line would continue to move as a Brennan would single followed by a Broughton single to run him around the bases and score. Broughton would be moved on a
Matthew Stout (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville) single and eventually score on an eye for an eye double play that would sacrifice two outs for a run.
In the second,
Harrison Ludington (Woodbridge, Va/Forest Park High School) would draw a walk and moved on a passed ball and be advanced to third on a groundout. Hood would eventually have runners on the corners but with the runner caught stealing at second, Mary Baldwin felt as if they were going to escape without damage.
Bring us to the third where Broughton served a ball to some green grass while the ever so stout Stout with an extra base hit to put a pair in scoring position. Some small ball working groundballs to the right side by
Joe Monteleone (Haddon Heights, N.J./Haddon Heights) and Ludington got the job done to drive in two more for the 6-1 lead.
Blaine Smith (Hume, Va./Fauquier) would boast a two-out knock and with a little chaos on the throw traded places with Ludington for the 7-1.
Heller would shut the door after a couple of insurance runs from Hood, marking their fourth win of the season.
Mary Baldwin 10, Hood 5
The Blazers look to threat early with the bases juiced by free bases and a single by Haines. Unfortunately, two straight strikeouts would strand the ducks on the pond.
The bottom half of inning saw a two-out rally by the Fighting Squirrels, back-to-back singles made it a not so safe inning. An error in the field would bring in the game's first run in favor of MBU.
Rhett Robbins (Frederica, Del./Lake Forest) would lead the response with a single that was legged out for two bases and
Jack Patterson's (Boyds, Md./Northwest) cleanup job scored Robbins to tie it up in inning two. Mary Baldwin would respond via a run on an error, another unearned for the Blazers.
A four-run fourth inning would be started by Robbins getting hit by a pitch followed by a Patterson RBI single, then a Haines double and the line would move with Broughton and Stout knocks that would turn the game into a 5-2.
A big inning for Fighting Squirrels would flip the script again, instead the seven runs would make the game 10-5 after five innings and beyond.
Up Next
The squad will play King's College at the Ripken Experience Complex in Aburdeen, Maryland on Wednesday, March 12 at noon.
