WESTMINSTER, Md. - Trailing 2-0, the McDaniel College baseball team scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth to take its first lead en route to an 8-4 victory over Mount Saint Vincent Monday at Preston Field.
The Green Terror (9-8) scored six runs on five hits and took advantage of one error as they picked up the win in the first-ever meeting between the two teams.
Freshman
Ethan Haddock, who had a two-run single and scored from second on a sacrifice fly by junior
Shane Daly in the decisive sixth, had four hits and three RBIs, going 4-for-5 to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. He has begun his college career with at least one hit in every game he has played.
The Dolphins (5-9) took a two-run lead on an RBI-double in the third and an RBI-single in the sixth while starting pitcher Jake Bland held McDaniel scoreless through five innings, scattering five hits and striking out seven.
However, freshman
Shea McKenna doubled to lead off the sixth before moving to third on a fly to right by senior
Tyler Yohn. Senior
Jake Smith doubled to score McKenna, freshman
Zach Gaeta was hit-by-pitch and sophomore
Robert Weer singled to load the bases.
Haddock gave the Green Terror the lead with a two-run single up the middle before a walk by graduate student
Joey Hubinger loaded the bases for the second time. Daly then hit a sacrifice fly to right to score Weer and Haddock from second after the right fielder had to make a diving catch.
After scoring the first run of the inning for McDaniel, McKenna picked up an RBI of his own as the Green Terror batted around and he singled up the middle to score Hubinger.
Haddock added his third RBI with a double in the seventh that scored freshmanÂ
Quinn Dean before Hubinger followed with a single to score Haddock and put McDaniel in front, 8-2.
Meanwhile, sophomore
James Cosgrove entered in the top of the sixth and allowed just two hits and one earned run while striking out four in 2.1 innings of relief to earn his first win of the season.
With the Green Terror leading 8-4, junior
Conor Henderson struck out the side in the top of the ninth as McDaniel improved to 2-0 on its current three-game home stand.
McKenna was 2-for-5 while Daly was 1-for-4 with two RBIs to extend his hitting streak to 12 games.
The Green Terror host Lancaster Bible on Wednesday. First pitch is at 3:30 p.m.
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