Game One Box Score (PDF)
Game Two Box Score (PDF)

FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason baseball team dropped both games of a doubleheader to George Washington, 5-0 in the first game and 13-7 in the night cap, on Sunday at Spuhler Field.

GAME ONE (7 INNINGS)
The Patriots (10-24, 3-12 A-10) fell behind George Washington (21-13, 10-5 A-10) in the second inning.

Back-to-back singles by sophomore right fielder Logan Leax and freshman designated hitter Eddie Micheletti off Mason graduate student starter Ryan Stoudemire put runners on the corners.  Junior catcher Anthony Frechette then grounded into a double play, with a Leax racing home from third to put the Colonials in front 1-0.

With one out in the third inning, five straight Colonials batters reached base with four singles and a walk.  Junior center fielder Cade Fergus plated in a run with an infield single, while junior second baseman Noah Levin delivered a two-run single to increase the George Washington lead to 4-0.

The Colonials tacked on a run in the top of the sixth when Levin drove in his third run of the game with a single for the 5-0 final score.

George Washington graduate student starter Jaret Edwards scattered four singles and allowed more than one Mason baserunner in an inning only once.

For the Patriots, Stoudemire (1-9) surrendered five runs on 11 hits in 5.1 innings and took the loss.  He threw a season-high 109 pitches in the outing.  Junior Matthew Henson tossed 1.2 scoreless innings and allowed one hit.

For the Colonials, Edwards (5-2) struck out five and walked only one to earn his fifth win of the season.

South Trimble, Cam Reckling, Cooper Mrowka and Craig Miles, Jr. each had a single for the Patriots.

GAME TWO

Mason (10-25, 3-13 A-10) fell behind George Washington (22-13, 11-5 A-10) in the third inning. 

The Colonials sent 10 batters to the plate and scored four runs on four hits against Patriots graduate student starter Jonathan Kaiser to take a 4-0 lead.

The first five batters of the inning reached base, with Colonials sophomore shortstop Steve DiTomaso driving in a pair of runs with a triple and Fergus plating a run with a single.  George Washington also scored a run on an error in the frame.

Mason dented the scoreboard in the home half of the third.  Trimble led off with a double to right field and scored on a sacrifice fly by Reckling to make it a 4-1 game.

In the top of the fourth, George Washington took advantage of three walks and scored three runs against Mason senior Thomas Bradley to extend the advantage to 7-1.  Colonials senior left fielder Domenic Boselli had the only hit in the inning, with a two-run double.

The Colonials added two runs in the sixth off of Mason junior Hugh O'Hara on a two-run single by senior pinch hitter Tyler Hix to make the score 9-1. 

With two outs and the bases loaded in the seventh, George Washington scored two runs on an error to pad the lead to 11-1.

The Patriots rallied in the bottom of the seventh against Colonials senior reliever Justin Solt.

Trimble led off with a walk and graduate student left fielder Jack DeLongchamps followed with a single.  Reckling then drove in a run with a double.

After a walk to graduate student first baseman Cooper Mrowka loaded the bases, the next three Mason batters drove in a run. 
Senior designated hitter Bailey Klein knocked plated a run with a sacrifice fly and freshman designated hitter Thomas Trinca beat out an infield single to drive in another.  Mrowka would race home on an error to cut the lead to 11-5.

In the eighth, the Colonials loaded the bases with three straight singles and added a pair of insurance runs to make it 13-5.

Mason junior shortstop Peter Nielsen and Klein each doubled in a run in the bottom of the ninth for the 13-7 final score.

For the Patriots, Kaiser (0-2) made his first start as a Patriot.  He allowed four runs on four hits in 3.0 innings and took the loss.  Bradley gave up five runs, three earned, on two hits and five walks in 2.2 innings.  O'Hara surrendered four runs, two earned, on four hits, in 1.1 innings.  Henson pitched 2.0 scoreless innings.

For the Colonials, Harris (2-0) allowed one run on nine hits in 6.0 innings to earn the win.  Solt gave up four runs on two hits and didn't retire a batter.  Freshman Christopher Kahler surrendered two runs in 3.0 innings and picked up his second save of the season.

Nielsen went 3-for-5 and drove in two runs.  Klein and Reckling also knocked in two runs in the game.

The Patriots play their final road series of the season when they face Davidson May 13-15.