For Immediate Release · By Nairem Moran · nmoran@smcm.edu

St. Mary's City, Md. – In their fifth one-run game of the season, the St. Mary's College of Maryland baseball team dropped a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to York College of Pennsylvania in Capital Athletic Conference action. Sophomore leftfielder Holden Marshall (Towson, Md./Friends) paced the Seahawks with two hits while first-year Zach Thompson (West River, Md./Spalding) recorded eight strikeouts in his second consecutive start.

How It Happened

• The two sides headed into the ninth inning knotted at 3-3.
• Junior Devin Chapman (Abingdon, Md./Harford Tech) came in as a pinch hitter for York and led off the ninth inning with a single to right field. Chapman advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt before reaching third on a Seahawk fielding error. After St. Mary's loaded the bases with an intentional walk, Chapman would score the eventual game-winning run when junior shortstop Collin Crowell (Stewartstown, Pa./Kennard-Dale) got hit by a pitch.
• The Seahawks opened up their half of the ninth with junior catcher Matt Bieler (Bowie, Md./Bowie) drawing a walk and Marshall laying down a bunt single. However, the rally would be cut short as sophomore RHP Will Grega (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./FDR) closed out the game with three straight strikeouts.
• St. Mary's posted the early lead with two runs in the fourth before the Spartans responded with a run in the fifth. York then claimed its first lead of the game, 3-2, with a pair of runs in the seventh followed by the Seahawks tying the game in the bottom of the seventh.

For St. Mary's (5-9, 0-4 CAC)

• Hitting: Marshall (2-for-4, run); Brandon Snow (1-for-4, double, RBI, run)
• Pitching: Thompson (No decision, 7.0 innings, 3 runs, 8 strikeouts, 7 hits, 1 walk); Graham Haliskoe (1-1 – Loss, 2.0 innings, 1 run [unearned], 1 strikeout, 1 hit, 2 walks)

For York (7-3, 3-0 CAC)

• Hitting: Patrick Clement (3-for-4, triple, 2 runs, RBI)
• Pitching: Elliot Mortimer (No decision, 6.1 innings, 3 runs (2 unearned), 5 strikeouts, 4 hits, 2 walks); Will Grega (1-0 – Win, 2.0 innings, 0 runs, 4 strikeouts, 1 hit, 1 walk)

Up Next for the Seahawks

• St. Mary's will look to snap its five-game skid on Sunday, March 19 when the Seahawks take a break from conference play with a doubleheader against Hood College (3-5) in the Hawk's Nest. First pitch is 12:00 p.m.

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