Baseball Splits Home Doubleheader With CCAC

ARNOLD, Md. — The Anne Arundel Community College baseball team split a Region 20 divisional baseball doubleheader with CCAC Saturday, taking the opener 9-5 before falling 8-6 to Cougars in the nightcap.

Game One: AACC 9, CCAC 5

Anne Arundel broke the game open with a six‑run fourth inning and rode a power surge to a 9–5 win in the opener.

Aidan Graham powered the offense with two home runs — a solo shot in the second inning and a three‑run blast during the decisive fourth — finishing 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored. Camden Hodges added a two‑run double, and Bryce Peacock launched a two‑run homer as the Riverhawks built a commanding lead.

Anne Arundel struck first in the second inning, then added two more in the third before sending 11 batters to the plate in the fourth. The six‑run frame featured Graham's three‑run homer, Hodges' two‑RBI double and Peacock's blast, stretching the advantage to 9–3.

Jack Woods earned the win on the mound, allowing seven hits and two earned runs over 4.2 innings. Noah Cramer closed the final 2 1/3 innings, limiting CCAC to one earned run while working around traffic late.

CC of Allegheny County rallied with three runs in the fifth and added a run in the seventh, but the comeback stalled after multiple pickoffs and caught stealing cut rallies short.

Game Two: CCAC 8, AACC 6

CCAC scored five runs over the final three innings to pull out an 8–6 victory in the nightcap, taking advantage of six AACC errors to turn a one‑run deficit into a two‑run lead.

Sebastian Garcia sparked the Cougars' offense, going 2-for-4 with a run scored as CCAC scored eight runs on 10 hits.

The Riverhawks stayed close throughout thanks to a strong middle-of-the-order performance. Hodges went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and three RBI, while Chris Ricks collected three hits and scored a run. Peacock reached base in three of four plate appearances and knocked in a run.

Aidan Graham drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, but the Riverhawks stranded 12 runners and were unable to deliver the tying hit late.

Carlos Chirino‑Lopez Jr. worked the final two innings out of the bullpen to earn the save for CCAC, retiring the Riverhawks in order in the seventh with the tying run on deck.

Ryan Jones threw the first four innings for AACC, allowing one run on four hits, striking out three and walking two. Clint Dorval shouldered the loss with five runs (three earned) over 1.1 innings, while Gunnar Gemmell closed out the game allowing two unearned runs on two hits.

AACC is back in action on Wednesday, April 22, when the Riverhawks travel to Montgomery to resume their suspended game from April 1. AACC trails Montgomery, 11-10, in the top of the fifth inning.