Box Score WESTMINSTER, Md. – Washington (Md.) scored six runs in the top of the first before holding on for an 11-7 win over McDaniel to complete the season sweep in Centennial Conference (CC) baseball action on Thursday.
Cameron Bahr (Southampton, N.J./Seneca) led the Green Terror (8-8, 1-3 CC) with three hits and an RBI while Marty Windisch (Manchester, Md./Manchester Valley) also had three hits.
Evan Hirschbaum led the Shoremen (12-4, 4-0 CC) with four hits, three RBIs and three runs scored.
Brian Alexa and Joe Lozupone led off the game with back-to-back singles through the left side before Logan Dubbe was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
Hirschbaum followed with an RBI single before Garrett Richardello dropped in a bloop single with one out to make it a 3-0 game.
A fielder's choice and throwing error made it a 5-0 game before Charlie Meder singled home Wes Robertson to cap the six-run frame.
A Hirschbaum double, wild pitch and Ryan Donnelly sacrifice fly made it 7-0 in the second inning.
With the bases loaded and two outs in the third, Hirschbaum drove a single up the middle to score a pair of unearned runs, stretching the lead to 9-0 and chasing the McDaniel starter.
Windisch led off the bottom of the frame with a single before a Bahr double to right put runners at second and third.
A Nick Valori (Sewell, N.J./Washington Twp.) RBI groundout cut the deficit to 9-1.
Kasey Nelson (Denton, Md./St. Michael's) led off fifth with a home run down the left-field line to make it 9-2.
Bahr led off the sixth with a single before a Valori double and Brandon Hayward (Salisbury, Md./J.M. Bennett) single up the middle followed by a double play closed the margin to 9-4.
A Bahr sacrifice fly and back-to-back doubles from Valori and Hayward trimmed the deficit to 9-7 after seven innings.
After Hirschmann reached on an infield single to lead off the eighth inning, Donnelly drove a ball to straightaway center field to push the lead back to four and set the final margin.
Valori, Hayward and Nelson finished with two hits apiece as part of a 15-hit attack for McDaniel.
The Green Terror returns to action at Muhlenberg on Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 12:30 p.m.
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