Before the Colonials put a run on the scoreboard, they were already in a hole their offense would not be able to lift them out of.
The reigning Atlantic 10 player of the week, senior Justin Albright extended his hitting streak to six straight, but only recorded one hit. Meanwhile, junior Owen Beightol also extended his hitting streak to eight straight games.
Neither upperclassmen though could help GW (14-26, 7-8) scrape more than one run in their 4-1 home loss to University of Maryland – Eastern Shore (7-36), a game that was originally scheduled for March 6 but was postponed until Tuesday.
Following a weekend series win against A-10 foe Fordham, the Colonials could not find the offensive output needed to support their starting pitcher, freshman Danny O’Donnell, who yielded three runs on eight hits in five innings of work.
The first two runs he gave up came in the second and fourth innings, as O’Donnell gave up a double that led to one run and then an RBI single.
GW threatened to come back in the bottom of the fourth with back-to-back singles to lead off the bottom half of the inning. But then a double play quickly turned the tempered rally, as the Colonials would only put one run on the scoreboard with an RBI double down the right field line by freshman Eric Kalman.
But that would be it – GW would not score again.
UMES only added to their lead in the fifth, scoring a third run off O’Donnell by way of a two-out single. The fifth inning would be O’Donnell’s final inning of work. Freshman Luke Olsen came in for relief in the sixth to finish the rest of the game, holding the Eagles to one more run.
Albright extended his hitting streak in the right with a lead off single. A pop up, strike out and then a fly out quickly ended any potential late inning threat.
The Colonials are set for road action again tomorrow against UMBC.
