Seahawks Split Twinbill with Frostburg State
Justin Rabon
Frostburg, Md. - The St. Mary's College of Maryland baseball team claimed a 5-3 victory in the first game before Frostburg State University responded with a 3-0 shutout in the nightcap as the two teams split Saturday's non-conference doubleheader.
Sophomore RHP Mikel Iraola (Silver Spring, Md./DeMatha) held the Bobcats scoreless in the first game until the seventh inning when Iraola (3-3) gave up three runs on three hits. He scattered four hits in all, while fanning six FSU batters, including striking out the final two batters of the seventh, and walking only one in 7.0 innings.
St. Mary's (15-20) plated its first run in the second inning as senior catcher J.P. Debrowski (Sykesville, Md./Glenelg) came home on sophomore right fielder Bobby Corton's (Owings Mills, Md./Calvert Hall) grounder to second base. Debrowski led off the inning with a double down the right field line.
The Seahawks added three more in the third as junior leftfielder Justin Rabon (Charlotte Hall, Md./La Plata) connected on a double to score juniors Lyle Kralle (Great Mills, Md./Great Mills) and Jacen Killebrew (La Plata, Md./La Plata) who had each singled in their at-bat.
The visitors established a 5-0 advantage in the seventh as Killebrew's triple to left center scored senior third baseman Blake Beaudoin (Damascus, Md./Damascus) who led off with a double up the middle.
Killebrew and Debrowski each had two hits for the Seahawks in the first game.
Senior Gary Wolfe (Funkstown, Md./South Hagerstown) suffered the loss as Wolfe (0-2) allowed four runs on six hits in 4.1 innings. Four different Bobcats had hits with junior Joe Garrity (Chesapeake, Va./Western Branch) having a lead-off triple in the seventh.
In the nightcap, senior Mike Jester (Preston, Md./Colonel Richardson) jacked a two-run homer in the fifth inning to break the scoreless tie. Sophomore Timothy Sutcliffe (Lansdale, Pa./Christopher Dock) followed suit in the sixth as Sutcliffe notched a two-out home run to give Frostburg (22-12) a 3-0 victory.
Sophomore David Lanier (Laurel, Md./Atholton) picked up the win on the mound as Lanier (2-0) pitched 3.1 scoreless and hitless innings in relief of senior starter Kyle Timme (Pasadena, Md./Mt. St. Joseph's).
The Seahawks only generated two hits in the second half of the twinbill as freshman DH Nick Urso (Newtown, Conn./Newtown) had a single to left field in the second inning and Killebrew made contact for a double to left center in the third.
The Seahawks return to action tomorrow when St. Mary's crosses the Bay Bridge to take on Washington (Md.) College in a non-conference doubleheader with the first pitch slated for 12:30.
