Baseball Sweeps Bronx Broncos

The College of Southern Maryland Hawks baseball team swept their doubleheader against the Bronx Community College Broncos on March 7. The Hawks won Game 1 by a score of 11-0 in five innings and won Game 2 by a score of 8-4 in seven innings.

Game 1

Freshman Eli Wilhelm led the Hawks with three RBIs in Game 1 of the doubleheader. He went 3-3 at the plate with a triple and a home run - a three-run jack in the third inning - while also scoring three runs.

Freshman Oscar Flores had a two-RBI day, going 2-3 at the plate with a double and scoring two runs.

Six more Hawks drove in runs to propel CSM to their sixth win of the season.

Sophomore Dylan Bell picked up his first win of the season as a starting pitcher, going a complete five innings. He gave up only four hits and three walks while striking out two Bronx batters.

Game 2

Freshman Jordan Tauriac led the way for the Hawks offensively in Game 2, driving in three runs. Two of those RBIs came from his two-run home run in the third inning, his second round tripper of the season.

Wilhelm and sophomores Peyton Myers and Trevor Drummond were the only other Hawks to register hits. Wilhelm went 1-3 with a walk, a run, and an RBI. Myers and Drummond each went 2-3 at the plate. Myers scored two runs, while Drummond also drew a walk and scored and drove in a run.

Freshman Ethan Zorbaugh earned the win as the starting pitcher, going three innings and giving up only one run on two hits and one walk. He struck out four Bronx batters.

Freshman Austin Simms earned his third save of the season, throwing two perfect innings with five strikeouts and getting out of a bases loaded jam in the sixth inning.