ARNOLD, Md. – The Anne Arundel Community College baseball team split a Region 20 divisional doubleheader with visiting Hagerstown Community College Sunday. The Riverhawks lost the first game, 2-1, and won the second game, 9-6.
Game One
The Riverhawks managed only four hits in the game and scored their lone run via a balk in the first. Starting pitcher Nicco Holland struck out eight and walked four with two runs scored on eight hits. Sam Ross didn't allow a hit in the final 1.1 innings.
Noland Genies hit a two-run double for the Hawks in the top of the third for a 2-1 Hagerstown lead.
AACC had chances to score as the game progressed, notably in the sixth when the Riverhawks attempted a suicide squeeze, but the runner was tagged out at the plate. Agustin Murillo hit a single and went to second on a wild pitch in the seventh, but the Riverhawks couldn't get him across.
Game Two
After giving up two runs to the Hawks in the first inning, AACC scored the next nine runs. Hagerstown got one more on the board in the fifth before scoring three in a two-out rally in the top of the seventh. Ross came on the mound to get the final out for his Region 20-leading eighth save of the season.
AACC scored two in the second inning thanks to RBIs from Sebastian Casanova and Ross. The Riverhawks loaded the bases with two outs, but a foul out ending the inning. A bases loaded walk and a passed ball scored two for the Riverhawks in the third.
After retiring Hagerstown in order in the fourth, AACC exploded for five runs on four hits and an error in the bottom of the inning. Russell Turner, Donny White, Griffin Klein, and Casanova each had an RBI in the inning.
With two outs, Hagerstown loaded the bases in the top of the seventh and sent three across on a double to center. Ross induced a groundout to end the game.
Caden Houck earned the win with 3.2 innings of relief work in which he struck out two while allowing one run on three hits. White had the start, fanning four and allowing two runs on four hits in 1.1 innings. Sebastian Casanova threw 1.2 innings before Ross came on to close out the game.