The Orioles Varsity Baseball team traveled to Hudson on Friday to play the Tigers in a non conference doubleheader. The Orioles played a good first game but lost 2-0. In the nightcap the Orioles scored early and held off the Tigers by a 7-1 margin to gain the split.

In game one Mason Graves held Hudson in check from the mound pitching 6 strong innings recording 18 outs and throwing just 62 pitches. The Tigers with two outs scored two runs when the Orioles had a fielding miscue. The Orioles only struck out two times in the game but had limited traffic on the bases. Ryan Kempter led the way at the plate with 2 hits while Ethan Copas and Alex Barry added singles.

In game two the O’s got on the board with 3 first inning runs and rode the pitching arms of Jimmy Maynard and Kempter who scattered just 4 hits. Maynard threw the 1st 4 innings and earned the win – his 1st Varsity win. Kempter pitched the final 3 innings to notch the save. On offense Maynard helped the cause with an RBI double and the middle of the line up, Brennen Allman, Graves and Copas had 5 hits and 3 RBI. Barry , Kempter, and Copas recorded RBI ground outs to add extra runs. Caleb Rose recorded his 1st Varsity hit and scored a run late in the game. 
The Orioles now 5-3 play a pair of double headers next week against Springport and Stockbridge.