BALTIMORE, Md. – The Hartford baseball team dropped both contests in its doubleheader against UMBC on the road, 14-6 and 13-7, on Sunday afternoon at Alumni Field.
 
With the losses, the Hawks fell to 7-9 on the season and in the America East, while the Retrievers improved to 12-8 on the campaign and 7-8 the America East. 
 
GAME ONE: UMBC 14, HARTFORD 6
The Hawks struck first in the opening inning after John Thrasher scored on an RBI single from Derek Tenney to take an early 1-0 lead. However, UMBC responded in the second inning with a grand slam to jump ahead 4-1.

Trailing 8-1 in the fifth, Thrasher and Tenney both launched solo homers to cut the deficit to 8-3 for the Hawks. Despite UMBC pushing ahead 9-3, Tenney drilled a two-run double to the fence, followed by an RBI double from Tim Dickson cut the Hartford deficit to 9-6. However, it wasn't enough as the Retrievers held on for the 14-6 victory.
 
GAME TWO: UMBC 13, HARTFORD 7
The Hawks struck first as Thrasher sent the first pitch of the game into the stands to put Hartford ahead 1-0. Two batters later, Tenney crushed a solo homer to left to double the Hawks' lead. Later in the inning, with two runners on, Daniel Burnett powered a three-run homer over the left field fence to give Hartford a commanding 5-0 lead. However, UMBC countered with five runs of their own in the bottom of the inning to knot the score at 5-5.

The Retrievers plated four in the third to pull ahead, 9-5, before eventually holding on for a 13-7 victory. 

NEWS AND NOTES

• Graduate student Nathan Florence (2-2) got the start and took the loss in game one, tossing 3.2 innings, allowing eight runs on four hits 
• Florence added three strikeouts in the outing
• Tenney led the offense in the opener with a homer, a double and four RBI
• Thrasher and Dickson added an RBI apiece in the loss
• Thrasher stole three bases in the contest
• Junior Tim Blaisdell (2-1) got the start and took the loss in the nightcap after giving up nine earned runs on eight hits
• Burnett led the offense with a homer and four RBI
• Thrasher homered twice in the loss

 
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford will be back in action on Saturday April 17, when it opens the weekend series at Maine with a doubleheader. First pitch from Mahaney Diamond is set for noon.

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