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.

Ben Sydel did all he could to give the Hitmen a boost, but it wasn’t enough to get past West 50th St, as the Hitmen lost 9-6 in seven innings at Pier 40 on Wednesday.

Sydel went 1 for 3 with two walks, reaching base three times, scoring two runs with one RBI. He tripled in the first inning.

West 50th took an early lead scoring four in the first inning.

Austin Lee looked sharp in relief holding West 50th St hitless and scoreless over the last two innings, walking none and striking out two.

The Hitmen scored one run in each of the first, fourth and sixth. After pushing across three runs in the bottom of the fifth, the Hitmen faced just a 9-5 deficit. However they were only able to score once more in the sixth and could not get it done in their last at bats.

Matt Cook allowed just two runs on Thursday at Pier 40, but Hitmen couldn’t get the offense going in a 3-2 defeat to HS Environmental Studies. Cook was in control on the mound holding HS Environmental Studies hitless over 5 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run and striking out six.

Junpei Taguchi scored the first run of the game in the fifth inning on an error by the third baseman after a walk, and two stolen bases. Ben Sydel scored in the the sixth to give the Hitmen a 2-0 lead, but Environmental came back in the bottom of the sixth to tie and won with a walkoff single to right field an inning later.

The Hitmen and Environmental Studies passed the lead back and forth five times on Wednesday at Pier 40, but in the end the Hitmen pulled out a 7-6 win in seven innings over HS Environmental Studies.

The Hitmen pulled out the win thanks to a strong fifth inning. A passed ball scored Mike Mazzeo to give the Hitmen the lead for good.

Timothy Diep put himself in scoring position with two extra-base hits for the Hitmen. He doubled in the first inning and tripled in the fifth inning.

Peter Lucido got the win in relief for the Hitmen. Lucido pitched two innings and allowed no runs.

The Hitmen jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Diep got things going for the Hitmen with a double. A passed ball then moved him from second to third. Mazzeo tripled, driving in both Diep and Ben Sydel.

The fifth spelled defeat for Environmental, as the Hitmen grabbed the lead for good with runs scoring on a sacrifice fly by Sydel and an RBI single by Mazzeo.

After pushing across two runs in the top of the seventh, Environmental Studies brought the tying run to the plate, but closer Max Litvack-Winkler got the strike out to end the ballgame.

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Hitmen versus Environmental

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Pre-game warmup

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Soft toss: Nick Kalantzopoulos and Michael Mazzeo

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Coach Carlesi's words of wisdom

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Go Hitmen!

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Nathan Chandler

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Alex Mandell at first base

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Ben Sydel

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Tim Diep scores

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Nathan Chandler

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Demos Sfakianakis at third base

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Alex Mandell

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Luke Morales at second base

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Peter Lucido

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Demos Sfakianakis

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Max Litvack-Winkler

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Line up

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Take a knee

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Post game meeting

Mercy, Mercy. The Hitmen won a 10-0 victory over HS Graphic Communication Arts at Pier 40 in five innings.

The Hitmen got the win thanks in large part to Matthew Cook’s dominant, 12-strikeout performance. The Hitmen’s pitcher tossed five innings of shutout ball and allowed only one hit while striking out 12.

Six runs in the opening three innings allowed the Hitmen to easily put away HS Graphic Communication Arts. An error, a passed ball, and a groundout by Jack Archer during the first inning supplied the early offense for the Hitmen.

The Hitmen added three more runs in the bottom of the third. Junpei Taguchi’s single got things going, scoring Mike Mazzeo and Nick Kalantzopoulos. That was followed up by Alex Mandell’s single, driving in Taguchi.

The Hitmen put the game away with four runs in the bottom of the fourth. Ben Sydel lead off the scoring in the inning with aggressive baserunning by stealing third and then coming home on a passed ball.