Hampden-Sydney, Va. -- The University of Lynchburg baseball team fell to Hampden-Sydney 3-2 on Thursday.
The Hornets held a 3-0 lead through three innings thanks to an RBI double from Eric Hiett and an RBI single from Benton Jones. Hiett has the third-most RBI on the team with 21, and Jones has the second-most at 24. Jones and Hiett were two of four Hornets with two hits on the day. Brandon Garcia and Sean Pokorak also had a pair of base knocks.
Colin McGuire navigated through the first five innings cleanly but left the game in the sixth in a jam. Both of his runners came across to score, but Austin Riney stopped the bleeding. However, the Tigers got to the Lynchburg bullpen the next inning to take the lead.
The Hornets stranded two in the eighth and went down in order in the ninth dropping their first game to the Tigers since 2019.
Lynchburg (15-7, 5-3 ODAC) is ranked 17th in the d3baseball.com poll and takes on EMU on Saturday, March 30 in Harrisonburg, Va.
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