WINCHESTER, Va. – After a burst of runs in the first inning on both sides, the Shenandoah Hornets piled a lead and kept in front in a 13-5 win over the Blazers on Wednesday afternoon on the road.
On the Mound
Tim Rio (Manassas, Va./Unity Reed) pitched four innings and allowed four hits on six runs.
In the Batter's Box
Amrit Brown (Asheville, N.C./Asheville) collects two hits and earns two free passes on the day.
Jason Rivera (Smithsburg, Md./Saint Maria Goretti) notched a multi-hit day for the first time as a Blazer.
Kamari Chisolm (Gainesville, Va./Bishop O'Connell) drew three walks on the day.
From the Bullpen
Aaron Heller (Philadelphia, Pa./Jack Barrack Hebrew Acad.) threw a scoreless inning in a relief.
How it Happened
Brown led the game off with a double and a pair of Blazers after the first out would join aboard with the bases loaded. Two Blazer walks by
Quade Gannon (Felton, Del./Lake Forest) and
Blaine Smith (Hume, Va./Fauquier) would give a 2-0 edge to Hood.
Landon Vile (Luray, Va./Luray) would work a productive groundout to finish the top of the first scoring at 3-0.
Shenandoah would hand a four-spot with the ingredients of a pair of singles, a walk, a fielder's choice and then a homer to take the one-run lead. The Hornets would build in the fourth and the sixth to a 10-3 lead.
Michael Janicki (Leesburg, Va./Tuscarora) would earn a pinch hit knock in the eighth and later score on a
Cole Sims (Elkton, Md./Saint Mark's) double to create the first Hood run since the first. They would earn one more run via a free pass to first with the bases loaded but be far too behind to gather momentum.
For the Opponent
Nick Bell pitched 3 1/3 innings on scoreless baseball.
Tyler Smith had six RBIs including two homers on the afternoon.
Up Next
Baseball will suit up for their normal venue home opener of two separate nine inning games on Sunday, March 1 with first pitch against New Jersey City at 10 a.m. before taking on McDaniel at 2 p.m. at Frederick Community College.
