LYNCHBURG, VA-Hampden-Sydney baseball won its second straight game while improving to 2-3 in league play, downing Lynchburg 9-2. The Tigers led wire to wire and improve to 13-7 overall. Lynchburg now drops to 12-8 overall and 4-3 in the ODAC.

The Tigers were first to strike, wasting no time doing so, as Brian Goodwyn (Chester, VA/Thomas Dale) crossed the plate in the top of the first when Devin Daugherty (Norcross, GA/Greater Atlanta Christian School) reached on an error by the third baseman.

Goodwyn then helped up the lead in the fourth, batting in Chase Counts (Virginia Beach, VA/Ocean Lakes) on an RBI-single. Counts scored that run after he batted in Moe Gothe (Chester, VA/Thomas Dale).

Lynchburg broke through in the bottom of the fifth with two runs, but an inning later, Tyler Blevins (Draper, VA/Pulaski) scored when Jayson Maitland (Colonial Heights, VA/Colonial Heights) reached on an error to put the Tigers up 4-2.

The Tigers then doubled their score with four runs in the eighth. After Matthew Spagnolo (Glen Allen, VA/Deep Run) scored on a balk, Goodwyn reached on an error that allowed Dustin Wiles (Belmont, NC/South Point) to score. Andrew Kasiski (Chesapeake, VA/Indian River) then capped off the inning with a two-RBI single that scored Counts and Goodwyn.

Counts and Spagnolo teamed up in the ninth as the Counts' RBI put the Tigers up 9-2.

Jimmy Butler (Roanoke, VA/Patrick Henry) picked up the win after allowing just two runs on seven hits and a walk with six strikeouts in 6.1 innings. Jonathan Triesler (Chesterfield, VA/Clover Hill) then allowed just one hit with five strikeouts while keeping the Hornets off the board in the final 2.2 innings.

Offensively, the Tigers had 12 hits with Goodwyn, Maitland, Wiles, and Joey Sutphin (Radford, VA/Radford HS) each having two.

Hampden-Sydney remains on the road and will travel to LaGrange for a Friday night meeting at 7:00 PM on March 24.