Ashland, Va. -- The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford baseball team kicked off its season with a 7-3 loss at #20 Randolph Macon on Friday afternoon.

Game Notes:

• The Hornets got on the board early, putting Ryan Boyer in an early jam. Boyer walked the leadoff hitter and allowed a single through the right side to the next batter. He was able to get a strikeout and a fly ball to right to put runners on the corners with 2 down. Boyer almost got out of the jam, getting the Randolph Macon batter to pop up in the infield, but a harsh wind forced the ball away from the Panther third baseman for an infield single. One run scored on the pop -up and a second advanced after the batter got caught in a run down. 
• Randolph Macon tacked on a third run in the 3rd inning. After recording two outs on two pitches, Boyer allowed a single up the middle. After a stolen base, the Hornets singled in the third run on a liner to right.
• The hosts put on another two-out rally in the 4th. The Hornets strung together four consecutive hits with two down to bring in two runs.
• The Panthers were able to strike back and put up 2 runs of their own in the 5th. Kevin Rehak was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and Samuel Dreistdadt followed it with a single to center. Following a sacrifice bunt from Josh Zelinski, Sawyer Packard brought in a run while reaching on an error at 2nd base, and Tyler Hoops brought in the second with a grounder to third.
• Alex Andrzejewski entered the game in the 5th and retired 6 straight batters.
• In the 7th, the bottom of the Pitt-Bradford line-up produced again, tacking on a third run. Dreistadt beat out an infield single, and Zelinski moved him into scoring position with a ground-rule double to right field. Packard brought in his second run of the day, with an RBI groundout to 1st. 
• The Hornets struck back for 2 runs in their half of the 7th. The first two runners reached on an error and a walk, and following a sacrifice bunt, Randolph Macon drove a single through the drawn-in infield to score the runs. 

Leaders:

• Ryan Boyer picks up the loss, he allowed 5 earned runs on 8 hits and 4 walks in 4 innings pitched. He struck out 5 Hornets.
• Alex Andrzejeweski allowed 2 runs, 1 earned, in 3 innings pitched.
• Ben Suter pitched a scoreless 8th for the Panthers, allowing only 1 walk.
• Samuel Dreistadt finished the game 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored.
• Jake McNabb also went 2 for 4, including a double to the right-center gap in the 8th.
• Sawyer Packard drove in 2 runs, while Tyler hoops brought in the third.

The Panthers are now 0-1 on the season. They will be right back in action tomorrow when they take on SUNT Cortland at 11:00 a.m.