Bel Air, Md. – Harford baseball came back from an early 3-0 deficit, mashing four home runs en route to a 14-6 victory in game two of their doubleheader with Lackawanna.
Spencer Smith kicked off the parade of long balls with a two-run blast in the first to put Harford within one.
Matthew Shilling finally gave the Fighting Owls the lead in third with his own two-RBI shot over the right field wall. The seven-run inning was capped off by a grand slam over the left center wall off the bat of second baseman
Darius Barton.
Harford reliever
Matt Gorman (3 IP, 0 ER) picked up his first win of the season, giving up just one hit while striking out four Falcons.
Harford improves to 7-4 on the year, while Lackawanna drops to 1-2 after Saturday's games.
Scoring Summary
LACKAWANNA – 1
ST INNING – Summarell doubles, Granger and Cole score, 2-0
LACKAWANNA – 1
ST INNING – Reinhar reaches via fielding error, Grancer scores, 3-0
HARFORD – 1ST INNING – S. Smith homers, Camp scores, 3-2
HARFORD – 3RD INNING – Shilling homers, Camp Scores, 4-3
HARFORD – 3RD INNING – Z. Smith reaches via throwing error, Curnane scores, 5-3
HARFORD – 3RD INNING – Barton homers, Wright, Z. Smith, and J. Smith score, 9-3
HARFORD – 4TH INNING – J. Smith doubles, Curnane and S. Smith scores, 11-3
LACKAWANNA – 5
TH INNING – Cole grounds into a double play, Kiess scores, 11-4
LACKAWANNA – 5
TH INNING – Summarell homers, Zuber scores, 11-6
HARFORD – 6TH INNING – Z. Smith homers, Nixon scores, 13-6
HARFORD – 6TH INNING – Blair reaches via fielding error, Sczepkowski scores, 14-6
Game Notes
- Shilling finished 2-for-3 with 2 RBI.
- Harford designated hitter Jordyn Smith went 1-for-2 with a double.
- Zach Smith record his first home run of the season.
- Reyce Curnane swiped a pair of bags while also earning two walks.
- Blake James struck out two batters in an inning of relief work.
- Miles Matanguihan finished off the Falcons in the seventh from the mound.
Up Next
Harford heads to the road for their first Md Juco Conference game of the 2019 season, taking on Anne Arundel on Tuesday, March 5 at 3:30 p.m.