WINCHESTER, Va. – Shenandoah University lost for just the third time in 13 non-league baseball games Wednesday night by dropping a 6-1 decision to Hampden-Sydney.
H-SC (13-12) broke a 1-1 tie on designated hitter David Toney's two-out, three-run home run in the top of the sixth. Toney's blast, his fourth of the year, just cleared the left-field wall and scored Josh Michael and Todd Harrell. Those two men had reached with an infield single and a single to center, respectively.
The offense was more than enough for three Tigers pitchers, who combined to hold the Hornets to six hits and just one unearned run. Shenandoah pushed across that run in the bottom of the fourth when sophomore Scott Lambert reached on a two-out error by second baseman Nick Price and Ryan Anderson came all the way around from second base.
Anderson had gotten on with a two-out single to third base, stole second and then took advantage of H-SC's confusion on Lambert's groundball to score the tying run.
Robbie Bailey (3-0) struck out four against three hits in 5.0 innings before turning it over to Daniel Hadra and John Hobart. Hobart earned his fourth save of the spring by allowing just three singles over the final three innings. He also walked one.
Rhys Wolford (2-2) gave up four runs (three earned) on six hits in 5.1 innings to take the loss.
Toney, Michael and Harrell all had two hits for the Tigers.
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Shenandoah continues out-of-conference play tomorrow afternoon at Washington & Lee.