HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. – Junior Max Lipscomb/Virginia Beach had two hits, scored two runs and added one RBI, but Hampden-Sydney College dropped a 6-4 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) baseball decision to the University of Lynchburg on Tuesday on Yank Bernier Field at the Ty Cobb Ballpark – Wurdeman Stadium. Junior Nic Graziano/Virginia Beach took the pitching setback in late relief for the host Tigers (16-11, 11-9 ODAC) against the visiting Hornets (26-11, 16-4 ODAC).

H-SC scored four runs on nine hits with no errors … scoring one run in the first, two runs in the fifth and one run in the eighth. Lynchburg scored six runs on nine hits with two errors … scoring four runs in the second and two runs in the ninth, getting a pair of solo home runs in the ninth for the road win.

In the first, Lipscomb (2-4, RBI) singled to open the at-bat and later crossed the plate courtesy of a sacrifice fly RBI to left center field by sophomore captain Ryan Boyce/Suffolk (0-2, RBI).

In the fifth, freshman Trent Jones/Virginia Beach (2-4) reached on a bunt single pushed toward first base and later scored via a wild pitch. Lipscomb, who had reached on a fielder's choice, also crossed the plate when senior captain Ryan Clawson/Moseley (1-3) reached on a fielding error with two outs. The Tigers loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh with two outs, but a strikeout swinging ended that threat.

In the eighth, freshman Tillman Butler/Culpeper (2-4) reached on an infield single and advanced to second on a single by Jones, before being replaced by freshman pinch-runner Julian Franks-Pollock/Virginia Beach, who would later cross the plate on a sacrifice fly RBI to center field by Lipscomb. Freshman Lucas Burnette/Hurt (2-5) also collected two hits in the contest.

Freshman Aidan Williams/Suffolk started and pitched the first 6.0 innings, scattering five hits and four runs, all earned, with five strikeouts and four walks. Classmate Ryan Portes/Midlothian tossed 2.0 scoreless innings, yielding no hits with one strikeout and no walks. Portes got out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the seventh with no outs after junior Kieran Conway/Chesapeake, who faced three batters, began the inning by hitting a batter, allowing a single and walking a batter … Portes promptly induced two pop-fly outs on the infield before getting a called third strike on the outside corner to end the threat. Graziano (2-3) pitched the ninth inning and allowed three hits, including the two solo homers, with one strikeout and one walk.

H-SC is scheduled to play again on Saturday, May 1, on the road at nationally-ranked No. 15 Shenandoah University for an ODAC doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. in Winchester to complete the regular season.