The Hofstra baseball team shut out the George Washington University Colonials, 2-0, in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday, March 13, at Tucker Field in Washington, D.C. The win snapped the Pride’s three-game losing streak and its record now returns to .500 with five wins and five losses on the year.
For the second week in a row, Brad Camarda was dominant on the mound for Hofstra. Camarda pitched seven strong innings, giving up no runs on five hits with seven strikeouts. In his last two starts, he has pitched 14 innings with 14 strikeouts and, while only allowing one run.
On the other side, Connor Harris pitched well for GW, going all the way to the ninth inning and, and allowing two runs on seven hits. Harris picked up only one strikeout struck out one batter in the game, but on the day but also managed todid not give up any walks either.
There was little offense to start the game as Hofstra failed to have a man reach base until the third inning, and, even though GW had a batter hit a single in every inning, they were unable to come up with anything more. game started off slow, with GW getting a single nearly every inning but nothing more. Hofstra, however, did not get a baserunner until the third but also could not capitalize on it.
The only action came in the top of the fourth inning where who else, but Brian when Brian Morrell started the rally for the Pride by hitting a single and . Morrell singled and advanced to second on the next pitch after Sean Flaherty lined a ball one to center field. Will Kennedy then moved both runners into scoring position with a soft, but productive, ground out to second. With a 1-2 count on the next batter, Harris spiked a pitch that GW catcher, Anthony Frechette, could not handle, allowing scoring Morrell and Flaherty to score. Harris could not handle Frechette’s throw and Flaherty alertly sprinted to the plate as no one jumped on the loose ball.
With a two-run lead, Camarda was electric for Hofstra the rest of the way, s.. Striking out four and giving up only two hits. , GW had no answer for the senior pitcher. But, after giving up a leadoff walk in the top of the eighth inning, Camarda’s night was over, and he was replaced by sophomore Michael O’Hanlon. After getting an out and allowing a single, the Pride executed a double play to end the inning, ending an inning and putting a stop to the only threat GW had posed all game.
O’Hanlon stayed in for the bottom of the ninth and sealed the deal for the Pride. A fly out, ground out, and a strike out ended the game and gave Hofstra the win with a final score of 2-0. Camarda was credited with the win and he improved to 2-0 while Harris fell to 0-4.
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