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Baseball: Pikesville Struggles in Loss to Owings Mills

Eagles score 11 unanswered runs after Panthers had tied the score at two in the second inning.

Behind a strong pitching performance from senior Tyler Witt, and a middle-inning outburst from its offense, Owings Mills cruised to a 13-3 six-inning victory against Pikesville Thursday, May 5.

The Eagles (11-3) scored 11 unanswered runs during the final four innings, extending their lead to 13-2 before the Panthers tallied a run in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Right fielder Brad Mazor, who was 2-for-3 with two walks, four runs scored and two doubles, was just one of four Owings Mills players to score multiple runs. Seven different Eagles scored at least once.

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Mazor, third baseman Vaughn Tucker (2-for-2, two walks, two runs scored, two doubles) and catcher Jean Carlos Sologuren (3-for-4, one run scored, one double) each produced multiple hits.

“We’ve been a very patient team at the plate all season long,” Owings Mills coach Tom Blumenauer said. “And [against Pikesville] that patience paid off. We started seeing some pitches we liked, put the ball in play and found some spots that Pikesville wasn’t.”

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Witt, meanwhile, who improved his record to 7-1 with the win, yielded just two hits during that same four-inning stretch while recording seven strikeouts. He had nine total strikeouts and allowed just two earned runs, both of which came during the second inning.

“Tyler dominated,” Blumenauer said. “Pikesville's a good hitting team, but he kept them off-balance all game and got them frustrated at the plate.”

Outfielder Brian Stevenson delivered an RBI triple for Pikesville in the second inning, scoring Mitchell Goldstein, and scored shortly after on an RBI base hit from second baseman Zach Greenberg.

But after tying the score at two in the second inning, the Panthers failed to advance another runner into scoring position until the Eagles had already established an 11-run lead in the sixth inning.

“We just didn’t hit today,” Pikesville assistant coach Dave Kopel said. “We didn’t hit, we didn’t field and the better team won today. But we’ll keep a positive attitude and just have to pull together as a team heading into the playoffs.”

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