Hawks beat Chargers 5‑1 in doubleheader opener

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Interstat) — Esteban Torres pitched six innings of no-hit ball and Maryland-Eastern Shore defeated New Haven 5-1 on Friday in the first game of a Northeast doubleheader.

Torres allowed one earned run and struck out two to earn the win. Henry Clausell tossed three scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out one for the Hawks (9-38). Diego Aponte homered to right field in the fourth inning, driving in two runs. Jonathan Gonzalez Perez added a two-run double in the seventh. Darrius Brown went 3 for 4.

Maxwell Hilsenroth took the loss for the Chargers (11-33), allowing four earned runs on nine hits over seven innings while striking out six. Jace VanValkenburg pitched two innings of scoreless relief.

New Haven scored its lone run in the third inning on Cam McGugan’s RBI single to left field. Maryland-Eastern Shore answered with Aponte’s home run in the fourth, then added an unearned run in the sixth on a passed ball and two more in the seventh on Gonzalez’s double. The Hawks outhit the Chargers 10-3.