HAGERSTOWN, Md. – The Hood College baseball team cruised through their home opener at Meritus Park with 25 runs scored on the day and two middle-inning pushes to ground the Seahawks 10-2 in game one and 15-8 in game two on Saturday afternoon.
On the Mound
Declan Musselman (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) pitched two and two thirds and allowed five runs in game one.
Skylar Albright (Hendersonville, N.C./Hendersonville) threw four innings and allowed one earned run on four strikeouts.
In the Batter's Box
AJ Haines (Arlington, Va./Bishop O'Connell) reached based six times on the day, scoring five times in total.
Amrit Brown (Asheville, N.C./Asheville) scored three times in game one, with an RBI.
Rhett Robbins (Frederica, Del./Lake Forest) racked up three RBIs in game two and reached base twice including a triple.
From the Bullpen
Finn Scott-Daniels (Annandale, Va./Annandale) earns the win by sealing up the Seahawks offense in one and a third innings of one-run ball in game two.
Harrison Ludington (Woodbridge, Va/Forest Park) scorched eight strikeouts in relief in four innings of work to leave the Seahawks speechless in game two.
Mason Sawyers (Culpeper, Va./Culpeper County) earned his first win of the year in game one by tossing three scoreless and allowing one hit in relief.
How it Happened – Hood 10, St. Mary's (MD) 2
St. Mary's scratched across two unearned runs in the first inning, but Hood immediately countered.
Amrit Brown (Asheville, N.C./Asheville) opened the bottom half with a single before coming around to score on
Ty Broughton (Charles Town, W.Va./Washington)'s RBI groundout, trimming the deficit to 2–1.
From there, pitchers Albright and Sawyers kept the Seahawks quiet with four scoreless innings before Hood completely flipped the game in the fifth inning.
The Blazers loaded the bases for free with three walks and added two more to take the lead. After leading 6-2 at one point,
Jonathan Tyndall (Felton, Del./Lake Forest) worked a walk to lead an innings and stole second to start the sixth. After some more free passes,
Quade Gannon (Felton, Del./Lake Forest) singles to right field to lock up the game at 10-2.
How it Happened – Hood 15, St. Mary's (MD) 8
After the Seahawks scored first in the top of the opening inning, Hood responded again.
Kamari Chisolm (Gainesville, Va./Bishop O'Connell) doubled, stole third, and scored on an Haines RBI single to tie the game. A wild pitch allowed Haines to come home moments later, giving Hood a 2–1 lead after one.
St. Mary's mounted a four-run third inning to take a 5–2 advantage, but Hood again responded.
In the bottom half,
Blaine Smith (Hume, Va./Fauquier) drove in two with a clutch single up the middle, trimming the deficit to 5–4.
A seven-run outburst in the fourth would be the runaway cart on the competition.
Rhett Robbins (Frederica, Del./Lake Forest) delivered the biggest swing of the day with a bases-clearing triple to left-center that brought home three and put Hood ahead 8–6. Broughton,
Conner Decker (York, Pa./Red Lion) and Tyndall tacked runs giving Hood an 11–6 cushion.
St. Mary's pushed across two late unearned runs in the ninth, but the Blazers closed the door to secure the win.
For the Opponent
Rhett Fletcher had a triple in both ends of the doubleheader.
Jon Bonhoff allowed only one hit but gave up four runs in game one to earn the loss.
Up Next
The squad will travel to Winchester to take on the Hornets of Shenandoah on February 26, with first pitch set for 3 p.m..
