A road trip to Fort Madison was in store for the Washington baseball team on Monday when they traveled to Fort Madison and fell to the Bloodhounds in a pair of games. 

Ethan Patterson tossed a gem in game one, but it wasn’t enough in a 2-1 loss in eight innings. The junior took a 1-0 advantage into the seventh working on a two-hitter when the Bloodhounds (7-2, 4-2) scratched across a tally to force extras. A walk-off base knock in the eighth stole the win from Washington. Patterson dealt 6 2/3 innings without an earned run giving up only three hits and striking out 13. The Demon offense could muster up only four singles from Patterson, Ethan Zieglowsky, Lucas Kroll, and Zeke Slagel. 

Leading 4-2 in the third of the nightcap, the Washington advantage quickly vanished with 10 Fort Madison runs in the next two frames and they paved their way to a 16-6 victory to capture the sweep. Five pitchers saw time for the orange and black with Lucas Kroll starting and going two innings giving up five runs on four hits. Kole Williams recorded two of the team’s three hits and Slagel brought in a pair of runs. 

Washington falls to 2-6 overall, 1-5 in the Southeast Conference, and they return home tomorrow against Fairfield (6-7).