Falcons Baseball Searching For Right Balance

When the county put Severna Park’s baseball season opener as a home date with Broadneck, there was always going to be some extra juice.

Unfortunately for the Falcons, they didn’t look like the preseason version of themselves against the Bruins.

Twelve free passes, 10 on walks and two hit batters, gave the Bruins more than enough extra opportunities to put the Falcons away 8-5.

Severna Park tied the game at 2-2 in the third inning, but a four-run fourth inning consigned the Falcons to defeat.

“That’s something we preach is throwing strikes, and today they weren’t the guys that I’ve seen all spring,” said Severna Park baseball head coach Eric Milton. “They looked great all spring and intrasquads, scrimmages, throwing strikes. The last intrasquad, we had eight innings and two walks. But if you’re going to give a team 12 free bases, you don’t deserve to win that game.”

The loss to Broadneck was followed up by a 3-1 setback against Old Mill, in which the bats were held almost completely silent.

A three-game win streak over Northeast (6-2), North County (8-7) and Arundel (9-4) looked to have righted the ship until a 3-2 loss to Chesapeake put the team back at .500.

But the Falcon bats woke up in a big way against Glen Burnie, their most recent opponent. Benji Beisler and Adam Clark both hit grand slams, Charlie Hartman also homered, and Severna Park won 15-3.

Beisler homered and Jacob Williams drove in four runs in the team’s win over Arundel.

“We’ve got confidence in our hitters. They want to hit line drives and hard ground balls, drive the ball,” Milton said. “I love the team this year and we’ll be there in the end.”

Next up for Severna Park was a rematch at Broadneck on April 7, followed by a home game against Crofton two days later and a trip to Northeast to round out the week. Over spring break, Severna Park will play Baltimore City College, Huntingtown and St. Mary’s Ryken.