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Potomac State gains split with Hagerstown

Caleb Taylor hit a pair of home runs in a doubleheader split with Hagerstown Community College.
Caleb Taylor hit a pair of home runs in a doubleheader split with Hagerstown Community College.

After dropping an extra-inning affair in game one, Potomac State rebounded with an 8-1 win over Hagerstown Community College.  With the win, Potomac State wraps up the top seed for the upcoming NJCAA Region XX Division I Baseball Tournament to be held in May.

In agme one, Hagerstown continued their winning ways with their 25th straight win.

The Hawks scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning for a walk-off victory after Potomac State had scored two in the top of the seventh on a Caleb Taylor home run to tie the game at 6-6 and then two more in the eighth for an 8-6 lead.

An RBI double by Hagerstown’s Dillon Sunnquist cut it to 8-7, and an RBI single by Chris Jennings tied the game, before Sunnquist scored on a wild pitch for the 9-8win.

In game two, Trevor Thomas silenced the Hagerstown bats as he allowed just four hits in 2 1/3 innings pitched.  Thomas struck out eight and walked just two.  Dalton Benson worked the final 1 2/3 innings to nail down the win.

Caleb Taylor homered for the second straight game and PSC got RBI’s from Graham Brown, Devon Neal and Dakota Miller.

Hagerstown dropped to 35-7 while PSC is now 26-6.