Tribe knocks off Longwood

Longwood University dropped a 6-1 baseball road decision at the College of William and Mary from the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Sunday afternoon in Williamsburg.

The Lancers (22-13) fell behind 5-0 through six innings and could not recover against the Tribe (18-16). Senior captain Brant Jones|Richmond (Monacan) had two hits, including a double, while sophomore Justin Lacy|Glen Allen (J.R. Tucker) had one hit and an RBI during the road setback to a team they had blanked a day earlier in Farmville (7-0).

William and Mary scored single runs in each of the first, second, fourth, fifth, and sixth innings to lead 5-0. Tadd Bower (0-2, rbi) earned an RBI in the first on a ground-ball out. Ryan Lindemuth (2-3, rbi) added a sacrifice fly in the second. Stephen Arcure (2-4) doubled and later scored via a wild pitch in the fourth. In the fifth, Jonathan Slattery (4-5, 2 rbi) provided a run-scoring single that scored Lindemuth who had doubled. Ryan Brown (0-1) was hit-by-a-pitch, stole a base, and crossed home plate courtesy a throwing error by the visitors.

Longwood finally got on the scoreboard with a run in the seventh as Jones (2-3) reached on a one-out single, advanced to second on a grounder, and scored on an RBI single by Lacy (1-3, rbi). The Tribe added a final run in the eighth when Slattery added a run-scoring double for the hosts.

Longwood used six pitchers in the contest as freshman Ryan Schubert|Springfield (Annandale) (1-1) took the loss with the first 3.0 innings, allowing three hits and two runs, one earned, with one strikeout and two walks. Junior Mark Montgomery|Williamsburg (Bruton) tossed the final 1.0 inning for the Lancers, yielding two hits and one run, earned, with no strikeouts and one walk. It was only the second run allowed in 17 appearances and 22.2 innings (0.79 era) by Montgomery.

Logan Billbrough (4-1) had the pitching win for William and Mary with a complete game 9.0 inning effort, scattering four hits and one run, earned, with six strikeouts and one walk.