NORTH EAST, Md. - Cecil baseball rounded out a 20-game homestand with its tougest test to date in national ranked Frederick, falling in both games to the No.7 Cougars by four runs.

The Seahawks drop to 9-13 overall and 1-3 in Region 20 Division II play after the two losses.

Game 1 - Frederick 9, Cecil 5 - Box Score

A seven-run second doomed Cecil's chance early in the opener, as the Seahawks fell 9-5 on Tuesday afternoon. 

Cecil looked strong in the first, as they defense turned a double play and a strikeout into a quick top half of the inning. A double from Pat O'Brien was followed by an RBI-single from Dylan Byler to push the Seahawks ahead by one. The Seahawks would not capitalize further on the inning, lining out and grounding into a double play of their own to end the inning.

The Cougars steamrolled Cecil in the second to the tune of seven runs on six hits, three walks, and one error. The Seahawks turned to Kyle Stively out of the pen to bail them out, who would give up two unearned runs before the freshman retired the side.

Cecil received a blow in the bottom of the second, as Sael Flete was called out on appeal after missing first base while trotting around the bags for a home run. One run would score but Flete's was taken off the board. A groundout in the next at-bat cut the rally short.

The Seahawks finally scored again in the fifth, recording its only two extra-base hits of the contest to pull within two of the Cougars. After holding off Frederick again in the sixth, Stively gave up a solo bomb to start the seventh. Another run scored on a dropped third strike before Jayden Meregildo nabbed the third out.

Not much noise was created by the Seahawks offense in the seventh, as a groundout snapped Cecil's four-game winning streak.

Joel Blanco (1-3) was stuck with the loss on the hill.

Game 2 - Frederick 7, Cecil 3 - Box Score

Doubles headlined the second game of the day, as Frederick produced a half-dozen of them in its win over Cecil.

The Cougars scored three runs in the first, two in the fourth and two in the last frame. Cecil got on the board in the fourth after a ball tipped by Frederick's pitcher evaded the defense while Garrett Worthington scored. Worthington stepped up again the seventh, doubling to centerfield for another run. 

Nate Ewing's RBI-groundout prior to Worthington's two-bagger accounted for the Seahawks other run.

Vinnie Kershner (1-3) was saddled with defeat. The sophomore hurler surrendured five runs, walked five, and struck out five Cougars.

Up Next

Cecil heads to the road for just the second time this season, traveling to Anne Arundel and Potomac State this weekend.