BOX SCORE GAME 1 | BOX SCORE GAME 2
 
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Senior right fielder and team captain Chase Sanford (Mechanicsville) and junior first baseman and team captain Jase Howell (Portsmouth) each had a hit in game one, and Sanford had two hits, while sophomore first baseman Connor Powell (Midlothian) and sophomore catcher Robert Chapman (Woodbridge) each had an RBI in game two, but Hampden-Sydney College dropped both games of a non-conference baseball doubleheader on the road at the University of Mary Washington on Tuesday in Fredericksburg. Sophomore right-hander Reed Little (Spotsylvania) started and took the pitching setback in the 5-0 opener scheduled for seven innings, while freshman left-hander Garnett Power (Midlothian) took the mound loss in relief in the 7-6, nine-inning nightcap also scheduled for seven innings. The visiting Tigers dropped to 8-6 overall, while the host Eagles improved to 10-2.

In game one, H-SC scored no runs on two hits with one error. UMW, receiving votes in the latest D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25, scored five runs on eight hits with one error … scoring two runs in the first inning, and one run each in the third, fourth and fifth.

Sanford (1-3) and Howell (1-3) each collected singles, and Sanford added a stolen base, as well.

Little (1-1) started on the mound for the Garnet & Grey and pitched the first 3.1 innings for the decision, scattering four hits and four runs, three earned, with one strikeout and three walks. Senior right-hander Cooper York (Gastonia, NC) tossed the final 2.2 innings, allowing four hits and one run, earned, with one strikeout and no walks.

In game two, H-SC scored six runs on five hits with two errors … scoring one run in the second inning, three runs in the sixth, and one run each in the seventh and ninth innings. UMW scored seven runs on 10 hits with four errors … scoring one run each in the first, third and sixth innings, and two runs each in the seventh and ninth.

In the second, senior center fielder and team captain Greer Farr (Southern Shores, NC) (1-3) singled to right field with one out, advanced to second on a single to center field by Howell (1-2) and scored when freshman shortstop Mason Lester (Lawrence, KS) reached on a throwing error … tying it at 1-1.

In the sixth, Sanford (2-3) led off with an infield single, advanced to third when freshman pinch-hitter Ryan Dugan (Virginia Beach) reached on fielding error and scored on a wild pitch. Freshman pinch-runner Gib Wirt (Efland, NC) scored on an RBI single to left field by Powell (1-5, RBI), and Powell stole both second and third base, scoring on a throwing error on his second steal for a 4-2 advantage.

In the seventh, sophomore third baseman Kennen Lewis (Dry Fork) drew a lead-off walk, stole second base and crossed the plate courtesy of a throwing error on a sacrifice by freshman second baseman Hunter Langston (Moyock, NC) for a 5-3 lead.

In the ninth, Lewis once-again drew a lead-off walk and advanced to second on another sacrifice by Langston, moving to third on a wild pitch. Following a walk to Sanford, Lewis scored on a ground ball off the bat of Chapman (RBI) for a 6-5 advantage.

Freshman right-hander Hayden Bynum (Richmond) started on the mound for the Garnet & Grey and pitched the first 4.1 innings, scattering four hits and two runs, one earned, with two strikeouts and three walks. Sophomore right-hander Colin Mabe (Alton) pitched 1.1 innings, allowing two hits and one run, earned, with one strikeout and two walks. Senior right-hander Jacob Williams (Chesapeake) also pitched 1.1 innings, allowing two hits and two runs, both earned, with two strikeouts and one walk. Garnett (0-1) pitched the final 1.1 innings for the decision, allowing two hits and two runs, both earned, with no strikeouts and one walk.

H-SC will play on the road at Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) member Guilford College on Saturday, March 14, a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m. in Greensboro, North Carolina. A scheduled non-conference game against 19th-ranked Christopher Newport University on March 12 has been postponed and no rescheduled date has been determined.