STEVENSON, Md. – The Stevenson baseball team (11-21-1, 6-3 MACC) came back from an early 7-3 deficit to defeat Hood (8-22, 1-7 MACC) by a score of 10-9 on an RBI single from Billy McAdam Wednesday afternoon at Sugar Field.

Tommy Holcomb notched three RBIs on the afternoon with a homerun. Amani Jones also tallied three RBIs with a 3-5 performance at the dish which included a double. Jonathan Brandt knocked a homerun and a double to go 2-4 at the plate and scored three runs for the Mustangs. McAdam went 3-5 with a double at the plate and the game-winning RBI.

Hood plated its first run in its first trip to the plate with a triple to the right-center gap from James DeProspero to score Stephen Sommer from first base. Kyle Pelligrino finished the inning with a strikeout and quick reaction on a line drive back to himself.

The Blazer lead was short lived as Jonathan Brandt smacked his firs-career homerun, carrying the ball over the left field fence to tie the game at one a-piece. Amani Jones notched his first two RBIs of the afternoon with a single to right field, scoring Billy McAdam from third and Trevor Smoot from second to give the Mustangs a quick 3-1 lead.

The Blazers took back the lead in the top of the second with a bases loaded hit by pitch to score Jack Patterson and a two RBI single by Sommer to right to score Keegan Brennan from third and Tyler Shwarzman from second. Hood added three more runs in the inning to take a 7-3 advantage.

The Mustangs chipped away in the fifth with a two-run homer from Tommy Holcomb over the right field fence to move the score to 7-5. The long ball was Holcomb's second of the season.

Hood took advantage of Stevenson errors in the sixth, adding two runs on a single through the right side from Matt Schopf to take a 9-5 lead.

The Mustangs mounted a comeback in bottom half of the sixth adding a run on a bases loaded walk before Jones singled to score McAdam from third. Dylan Scott sent a single to left-center, scoring Trevor Smoot and Holcomb to knot the ballgame at 9 runs a-piece.

In the seventh, Jonathan Brandt smacked a double off the left field fence followed by a single through the right side from Billy McAdam to give the Mustangs a 10-9 lead.

The Stevenson pitching staff went to work to preserve the victory. With the tying run at second, Patrick O'Farrell entered in relief to face pinch-hitting Sam Wheeler. O'Farrell forced a pop-up to end the inning.

In the ninth, the Mustangs sent Matt Reich to the mound looking for the save. Reich picked up two quick outs before the Blazers threatened to tie the game, moving the tying run to second. However, Reich continued his impressive 2022 season, striking out the final Hood hitter to seal the 10-9 victory for Stevenson.

News and Notes

• Billy McAdam went 3-5 with a double at the plate and the game-winning RBI.
• Jonathan Brandt knocked his first-career homerun.
• Matt Hinderliter pitched 4 innings, surrendering one run on one hit with one strikeout to keep the Mustangs within reach of the Hood lead.
• Matt Reich picked up his first save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning.
• Amani Jones and Tommy Holcomb each tallied three RBIs.

What's Next

• Stevenson and Hood square off again on Friday, April 22 in the next ballgame for each team. First pitch is set for 3:30pm. 
• The Mustangs will travel to Widener for a doubleheader afternoon on Saturday, April 23. The first game is set to start at 12pm.