FAIRFAX, Va. – Longwood baseball fell short in a midweek game against George Mason on the road, 14-4 in seven innings.

Early runs from JT Brown, Carson McCoy, Lucas Johnson, and Jack McMullan led the Lancer (17-8) offense, but 13 hits for the Patriots (11-11) pushed past Longwood's pitching staff.
   
                  R     H     E
LWU           4     5     5
GMU         14    13    3

HOW IT HAPPENED:

George Mason took an early lead 5-0 in the first, but the Lancers quickly responded in the second with runs from Carson McCoy and JT Brown, followed by a solo homer from Lucas Johnson to cut the lead to 5-3.

The Patriots answered that same inning with two RBI singles that stretched the lead 8-3.

Longwood answered again in the third with an RBI single from Jack McMullan to slice the lead once more.

George Mason then responded with three innings of unanswered runs, plating three runs in the third, one in the fifth, and two in the sixth.

Aiden Parker (1-0) earned the win after pitching three innings, with three strikeouts and one earned run.

Brayden Gray (0-1) took the loss after pitching the first inning while surrendering five runs, two earned, on five hits. 

WHAT THEY SAID:

"Ugly one today", said Head Coach Ray Noe. "This was the result I was trying to avoid for a few weeks now based on our sloppy play (defense blunders, missing locations, giving away at-bats) of late. Thankfully, it happened now and we can move on and get back to focusing on the little things that has made this group great so far this year. We have to continue to value our day-to-day work while playing fast and fearless in practice so it will translate to the game.Looking forward to getting after it in practice tomorrow to get prepped for Radford this weekend."

UP NEXT:

The Lancers continue their long road stretch with a conference series against Radford University on Friday, Mar. 27, with first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. This game will be broadcast on ESPN+.

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