OWINGS MILLS, Md. – The Messiah baseball team could not carry over their momentum from a thrilling Friday night victory into Saturday's doubleheader against the Stevenson Mustangs by scores of 5-1 and 10-3. The Falcons were held hitless until the sixth inning of Game One and scratched out just one run in the top of the seventh before falling 5-1. In the second game, Messiah held a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the fourth, but an eight-run frame from the Mustangs gave Stevenson the 10-3 victory.
 
With the two losses the Falcons fall to 6-9-1 on the season and moved to ,500 in the MAC Commonwealth at 3-3. The Falcons are scheduled to be back in action on Wednesday afternoon when they host the Dickinson Red Devils at 3:30 p.m.
 
Game One – Stevenson defeats Messiah – 5-1
The Falcons offense was stagnant for the first five innings of Saturday's first game. During five hitless frames for Messiah, the Mustangs built a 5-0 lead with runs in the second and third before scoring three in the fourth.
 
Stevenson's Sam Downs allowed his first hit of the game on a leadoff single to Dylan Beard in the top of the sixth. Beard then stole second and Joshua Ammons reached on an error, but a double play and a ground out ended the frame for the Falcons.
 
In the seventh, Messiah got a leadoff triple from Isaiah Parido to right center and later in the frame Ryan Friend knocked a sacrifice fly to right field bringing home Parido. The late run was not enough as a fly out to centerfield ended the game with the Falcons falling by a final score of 5-1.
 
Game Two – Stevenson defeats Messiah – 10-3
In Game Two, the Mustangs jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with a two-run single in the bottom of the first. Messiah responded with three runs in the top of the second for their most productive inning of the afternoon. Isaiah Parido ripped an RBI double, Dustin Isanogle drove home a run on an error, and Dylan Beard drove home a run on an infield single. In total, the Falcons scored three runs on three hits, but left the bases loaded with a strike out ending the frame.
 
That lead held until the bottom of the seventh when Stevenson pushed across eight runs on five hits, four walks, and a pair of hit by pitches. The result was a 10-3 lead for the Falcons.
 
Messiah did not get traffic on the bases until the top of the seventh when they put runners on first and second, but were unable to dent the scoreboard. The result was a 10-3 Stevenson victory.
 
What's Up Next
The Falcons will be back in action on Wednesday afternoon when they host the Dickinson Red Devils at 3:30 p.m. The Falcons and Red Devils played earlier this season on Mar. 1 when they ran out of daylight and tied 10-10 after nine innings of play.