Saints runs away from HRA

Published 5:35 pm Saturday, April 4, 2015

The Nansemond-Suffolk Academy baseball team fell behind 3-0 in the first inning on Thursday against host Hampton Roads Academy, but the Saints responded with eight unanswered runs for an 8-3 victory.

NSA junior Hunter Foster and sophomore James Mullin pitched six and one-third innings of no-hit baseball and combined for 13 strikeouts.

Nansemond-Suffolk senior Alberto Smith, junior Dominick Claxton and sophomore Mitchell Williams had two hits apiece. Senior Toby Buchanan and junior Sam Neal each had a hit and a run batted in.

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The Saints (4-2, 2-0) will host Norfolk Collegiate School on Tuesday.