Box Score

Eller claimed his first-ever win as the Harford skipper earlier in the season with a 4-0 shutout win of the Seahawks on April 2 at Cecil.  Before the victory, Eller was 0-6 in his three years at the helm of the Harford team, and the win was the first for the Owls since Harford handed Cecil a 9-5 decision on March 18, 2003.  With Thursday's win, Eller and his squad gave Harford its first sweep of Cecil in recent history.  Besides the split in 2003, Cecil has swept the season series between the two teams for the past 10 years, dating back to 2000.  The Harford drought may extend even further, but record-keeping is spotty prior to 2000.

The Owls nearly handed Cecil another shutout to go with the 4-0 April 2 victory, taking a 15-0 lead into the seventh inning and needing just three outs to earn the truncated seven-inning mercy rule win, but the Seahawks capitalized on two, one-out walks and put two on the board before Harford got out of the inning.

Sophomore Joe Harbach (Abingdon, Md./Edgewood) (2-2) gave up just five hits and struck out five in six scoreless innings to earn the win on the mound, while freshman Eric Quinn (Pylesville, Md./Harford Christian) led the Owls by going 2-for-3 on the day with two doubles, a run, three RBI and walk, including the two-run RBI single that scored the eventual game-winning run.

Will Flores paced the Seahawks, going 2-for-3 with an RBI and the sacrifice fly that broke up the shutout in the seventh, while Rob Pennypacker (3-2) suffered the loss, giving up six runs (five earned) on four hits in four innings.

Harford broke a two-inning scoreless stretch in the third as freshman Alex Riley (Newark, Del./A.I. Dupont/Wesley) scored on a Seahawk error and added the game-winning runs in the fourth thanks to Quinn's two-run RBI double.  Sophomore Jordan Heller (Loch Raven, Md./Loch Raven/Chesapeake) added a sac fly to complete the three-run fourth and give the Owls a 4-0 lead.

They would add four in the fifth and seven as they batted around in the sixth for the 15-run total, while Harbach held Cecil to just two base runners in his final three innings on the rubber.

Harford honored its 13 sophomore players—Harbach, Heller, Woody Wlodarczyk (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright), Mike Maxwell (Salem, N.J./Woodstown), Mike Krider (State College, Pa./State College), Willie Barnola (Barquisimeto, Venezuela/UEC J.G. Bastidas), Paul Labe (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright), Mike Matthews (Wilmington, Del./Mt. Pleasant), Drew Burton (Kingsville, Md./Calvert Hall), Chris Peacher (Abingdon, Md./Harford Tech), Mike Rappazzo (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright), Bo Loar (Fallston, Md./Fallston) and Rich Santiago (York, Pa./Southern York/CCNY)—in a pregame ceremony.

The Fighting Owls return to action on Saturday when they host No. 25 Hagerstown for a doubleheader at 12:00 p.m.