Fort Pierce, FL - The Vermont State University Lyndon baseball team fell to Waynesburg University, 13-1, in their final game at the College Baseball Spring Invitational on Monday morning. With the win, Waynesburg improved to 2-3 on the season. Lyndon heads back up north with a record of 1-5.
Waynesburg plated runs in each of the first six innings, breaking the game open when they hung six on the board in the bottom of the second. Aidan Williams was the hitting star for the Yellow Jackets, going 4/5 at the plate, including a double, three runs scored and a run batted in. Seven other Yellow Jackets hit safely once, ad Waynesburg pounded out 11 hits.
Yellow Jacket starter Gavin Pratt allowed three hits and one run over six innings to earn the victory. Ryan Opfer and Aiden Adamson combined for three innings of no-hit relief.
Lyndon only mustered three hits, two of them from freshman Eyon Tembreull (Vergennes, VT). The Hornets scored their only run in the top of the fifth inning when Chuck Gratton (Bennington, VT) led off with a double and Tembreull drove him home with another double. Tembreull's leadoff single in the third was the only other base hit. The only other Lyndon base runners were Gratton, who walked leading off the seventh, and three Hornets who were hit by a pitch.
Adam Guenther (Southington, CT) started and took the loss for Lyndon. Seven different Hornet pitchers saw work on the mound.
Lyndon's next scheduled game is next Thursday, March 13th, when they will travel to Middlebury College for a non-conference game. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 pm.
