BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -- Fairmont State Baseball traveled to the Bridgeport Recreation Complex where the Fighting Falcons faced the Clarion Golden Eagles on Tuesday afternoon. The Falcons fell 9-7 in the contest as Clarion outscored Fairmont State 8-1 in the final six innings of play.

The Fighting Falcons put up five runs in the bottom of the second inning as Dwayne Thomas led the inning off with a single to center field. Tyler Haskins cleared the bases in his at-bat as Thomas, Zachary Musgrove, and PJ Lanham all scored on Haskins' double down the right-field line. Jacob Goodnight sent a ball over the left-field fence for his third home run in the last five games to give the Falcons the five-run advantage.

Clarion's Kasey Shughart homered in the top of the third to cut the deficit to four runs. Fairmont State added a run in the bottom of the third with Musgrove hitting a sacrifice fly to score Noah Canterbury. The Falcons led 6-1 after three complete innings.

Taylor Tennant got the start and went a solid three innings on the mound as the right-handed pitcher gave up one hit and one earned run while striking out one on the afternoon. Tennant earned the no-decision in his sixth appearance of the season.

The Golden Eagles cut the lead in half to 6-3 after one run scored apiece in the fourth and fifth innings. Clarion tied the score at six apiece in the sixth inning after a two-out single by Golden Eagle Matt Privette.

Fairmont State regained the lead in the bottom half of the sixth inning after Lanham drove Isaac Miller home from second base on a designed hit-and-run with a full count.

Clarion took their first lead of the ball game in the eighth inning on a sacrifice fly to center field by Daren Byers to make the score 8-7. The Golden Eagles tacked on an insurance run in the top of ninth after Shughart doubled to center field.

Bryan Camacho came in relief of Taylor Tennant in the fourth inning and only allowed one run (zero earned), two walks, and one strikeout. Alex Seymour took the loss for the Falcons on the mound after 1/3 of an inning pitched with two runs (one earned) and a walk. Steven Ricketts got the Falcons out of the jam in the eighth inning going 0.2 and striking out one Golden Eagle.

Thomas led the way for the Falcon hitters as he had two hits and one run scored. Haskins had three RBIs in the contest as Goodnight contributed two RBIs to his season totals.

Fairmont State (9-10, 4-0 MEC) heads to Institute, W.Va. on Saturday, March 26^th to take on the West Virginia State Yellow Jackets (9-6, 2-2 MEC) for a Mountain East Conference doubleheader. The first pitch from Calvin L. Bailey Field is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.