GENEVA, NY – Hilbert College Baseball continued non-conference play today with a doubleheader against the Hobart College Statesmen at McDonough Park. Slow starts held back the Hawks this evening as nine first inning runs from the Statesmen between the two contests led to an 0-2 trip for Hilbert.
Joey Haynes reached base four times this evening to lead the Hawks while
Dustin Hendrix,
Patrick Evans, and
Reed Lesmeister each recorded RBIs.
Brendan Walsh,
Jacob Kim-Kubiak, and
Matthew Whelan each spent two innings on the mound for Hilbert who used eight different pitchers in the doubleheader.
Game One: Hilbert 5 – Hobart College 7
Game Two: Hilbert 6 – Hobart College 11
Game One:
- After Haynes and Harley Hoag began the game with a double and single respectively, Hendrix and Patrick Evans used their at bats to bring the duo home for 2-0 Hilbert lead after the top of the first. However, the Statesmen answered in the home half of the frame with three runs of their own to leave an eventful first inning up 3-2.
- The second inning matched the first on the scoreboard as two Hilbert runs in the top of the frame were answered by a trio of Hobart runs in the bottom half to send the contest to the third inning with the hosts up 6-4.
- The teams traded runs over the next two innings as a third inning Statesmen run was answered when Logan Hoyt crossed the plate in the top of the fourth to make it 7-5.
- Despite five total hits over the final 2.5 frames, the scoreboard remained unchanged after a blank top of the seventh from the Hawks to give Hobart the 7-5 game one victory.
Game Two:
- Hilbert fell behind early in game two as the Statesmen offense exploded for six runs in the bottom of the first after a scoreless top of the inning from Hilbert.
- The Hawks stopped the bleeding momentarily when Lesmeister singled to score Alex Ellison in the top of the second, but Hobart answered with the game's next four runs for a 10-1 lead.
- Hilbert followed this Statesmen scoring run with four runs of their own over the next two frames to tighten the gap on the scoreboard. Three wild pitches and an error by Hobart saw three Hilbert baserunners score to make it a 10-5 game after five innings.
- The Statesmen extended the lead with a lone run in the bottom of the sixth, before the Hawks scored the game's final run in the top of the seventh when Patrick Evans came home on an error to make it an 11-6 final, which is how game two would end.
Up Next
Hilbert will look to get back in the win column when the team opens AMCC play against Penn State Greensburg at Frontier High School on Saturday, March 29
th. Game one is scheduled to begin at 12 pm.