Forfeit

Jack Archer and Tobias Lange combined to hold George Washington to just 3 hits, but the Hitmen still fell to George Washington 5-4 on a walk-off triple in the seventh.

Kelvin Tapia pitched the final three innings for GW on the way to a win. He walked none and gave up no hits.

The Hitmen jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first. More runs came home for the Hitmen when Ben Sydel scored on a walk by Jack Archer and Max Schneider scored when Alex Mandell was hit by a pitch. GW came back to tie the game with one run in the second and two more in the third. The Hitmen regained the lead in the fourth when Junho Han walked, went on second on Tim Diep’s walk, advanced on a sacrifice by Sydel and scored on a passed ball.

The Hitmen fell 9-8 to Gregorio Luperon HS for Science and Math in seven innings on Wednesday at Pier 40 despite racking up 11 hits and eight runs.

Luperon grabbed the early lead, scoring in four of the first five innings. But the Hitmen to responded in kind, scoring two runs in the fourth on an error and a groundout by Demos Sfakianakis and then tied the game in the fifth on a two-run home run by Nick Kalantzopoulos and an RBI single by Alex Mandell.

Gregorio Luperon came back to take the lead, scoring three runs on a two-run error and an RBI single by Yasser Mendez.

Two runs in the bottom of the seventh helped the Hitmen close the deficit to 9-8. An error and a passed ball triggered Hitmen’s comeback. Jonathan Shin was called out to end the game on a questionable call, with what would have been the tying run, attempting to come home on a passed ball.

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Hitman battery: Nathan Chandler - P, Shawn Gilhooley - C

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Chandler to Mandell for the out

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Tim Diep at bat, Ben Sydel on deck

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Ben Sydel at bat

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Shawn Gilhooley - C

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Foul ball duty

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The bench

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Shawn Gilhooley on deck

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Pitching change

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Max Litvack-Winkler

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Line up

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Playing their third game in as many days the Hitmen needed Nathan Chandler’s complete game performance. Chandler struck out eight, allowed no earned runs on three hits and one walk over six innings.

A. P. Randolph took an early lead in the third inning after their leadoff batter reached on an error, scoring on a fielder’s choice. But the Hitmen came right back and tied the game in their half of the fourth inning after Ben Sydel reached on an error, stole second, and advanced to third and scored on a two wild pitches.

The game stayed tied until the sixth inning when Junpei Taguchi walked with the bases loaded to bring in the go-ahead run. Alex Mandell followed with his second hit of the day – a single to left – driving in Mike Mazzeo. The Hitmen added three more runs to take a 5-1 lead.

The Hitmen head to Florida on Monday.

The Hitmen got their revenge for yesterday’s loss by beating West 50th St 13-7 on Thursday at Pier 40.

The Hitmen took the lead for good by scoring two runs in the top of the second inning. They put the game out of reach with a seven run explosion an inning later.  Luke Morales lead off the inning with a bunt single and Nick Kalanzopoulous and Tim Diep each drove in a run with singles.

Jack Archer recorded the win for the Hitmen. He allowed four runs over four innings. He struck out three, walked four and surrendered four hits.