Easton, Mass. (March 26) -- The baseball team dropped its fourth straight game on Wednesday afternoon, falling 8-4 to Stonehill at Lour Gorman Field in Easton, Mass. The loss drops the Hawks to 5-11, 1-4 Northeast-10. The win improves Stonehill to 12-6, while remaining a perfect 4-0 in league action.

The Skyhawks wasted no time getting on the board, as they struck for two runs in the first and three in the second to take a 5-0 lead. After back-to-back singles to open the first from Mitch Davis (Bow, N.H.) and Javier Guzman (San Juan, P.R.), Davis scored on an error two batters later. Dave Fradette (Goffstown, N.H.) singled to bring in Guzman. In the second, Davis and Guzman got the rally started again, both drawing one-out walks to put runners on first and second. After a fly out moved Davis up to third, Brendan Shepard (Boxford, Mass.) brought in Davis with a ground ball and reached first on the error. Fradette then doubled to bring in Guzman and Shepard.

The Hawks responded with a pair of runs in the third and a single run in the fourth. After a Nick Moreau (Manchester, N.H.) single, Adam Hussey (Danvers, Mass.) reached on a fielder's choice with Moreau getting cut down at second. After a Dave Wirkus (Orange, Conn.) single, Ryan Gargan (Byfield, Mass.) delivered a double to center a batter later, bringing in Hussey and Wirkus. In the fourth, Benn Gunn (Vineyard Haven, Mass.) walked to open the inning and Matt Stone (West Roxbury, Mass.) doubled to bring in Gunn.

After a scoreless fifth, the Skyhawks came back with two more runs in the sixth and then another single run in the eighth. After a Matt Orr (Wilton, Conn.) single and a Rob Van Stein (Trumbull, Conn.) single opened the inning, both runners moved up a bag on a successful sacrifice bunt from Davis. Guzman then doubled to bring in Orr and Von Stein. In the eighth, Davis opened the inning reaching base on a hit-by-pitch. Guzman then reached on a bunt single. After a Nate Weber (Hanson, Mass.) ground out moved both runners up a base, Shepard brought in Davis on a ground out.

The Hawks got a single run back in the ninth, as Wirkus walked and later scored on a Matt Sucharewicz (Peabody, Mass.) double.

Andrew Long (Peabody, Mass.) got pegged with the loss for the Hawks going 5.1 innings allowing eight hits and seven runs, four earned, with three strikeouts. Kyle Lavin (Shelton, Conn.) pitched well in relief going 2.2 innings allowing just two hits allowing one run with one strikeout.

Mat Lindenmayer (Penfield, N.Y.) improved his record to 2-1 on the hill for the Skyhawks, going seven strong innings allowing seven hits and three runs with a trio of strikeouts. Nick Peters (Newton, Mass.) threw well in relief, picking up four strikeouts over just two innings of work allowing just one hit and one run.

The Hawks are back in action on Friday, traveling to Bridgeport for a non-conference battle at 3 p.m.