FINAL SCORE: College of St. Joseph's (VT) 8, Apprentice School 7
RECORDS: College of St. Joseph's 20-12; Apprentice School 8-8
LOCATION: Hampton, VA/War Memorial Stadium
IN BRIEF: A wild ninth inning rally for the Builders fell one short as a five-run ninth wasnt enough in an 8-7 loss Thursday night to College of St. Joseph's.
HOW THEY SCORED

• The Saints scored in the first on a single as Jordan Matos singled and moved up on a groundout before scoring on a single to right by Galvis Blandino.  In the fourth they put up two more as Justin Leman's double to left center scored Tyler Demers and Leman later scored on a safety squeeze by Nick Rodriguez.
• The visitors erupted for four runs in the top of the sixth as Nestor Velazquez singled a run in, Matos singled in a pair while Blandino scored one on a groundout.
• Apprentice School got on the board in the bottom of the eighth as with one out, Brock Harris reached on an error and advanced to second as Mark Labrador drew a walk.  Both runners moved up on a wild pitch before Ryan Hendrickson drove a single to left and scored both runners.
• After giving up a run in the top of the ninth, the Builders made a wild comeback in the bottom of the inning.  Collin Wilber singled and after walks to Mike Brumfield and Thomas Richardson, Jordan Wright followed with yet another walk for the first run.  
• After a strikeout, Labrador drove in a pair with a single up the middle and Hendrickson followed with an RBI single to right to make the score 8-6.  Lee Rossi reached on a fielder's choice which allowed Labrador to score making the score 8-7.  

BEHIND THE BOXSCORE

• Starting pitcher Alan Madsen kept the Builders in check for the first 7.1 innings as he struck out 13 and allowed three hits with two runs.  Matos and Justin Lemanski had three hits each for the Saints who out-hit the Builders 14-6.
• Labrador and Hendrickson had two hits each for the Builders and combined to drive in five runs.    Jonathan Long took the loss throwing five innings and allowing four runs with four strikeouts.

NEXT UP
Weather permitting, these teams are scheduled for a 2pm start at War Memorial Stadium on Friday afternoon.