HUDSON, N.H. — The Upper Valley Anglers U17s dropped a New Hampshire COVID Baseball League season-opening doubleheader to host Hudson on Saturday, falling in an eight-inning opener, 8-7, before a 13-1 defeat in the nightcap at Alvirne High School.
The Anglers (0-2) nearly took the first game of the twinbill, erasing a 6-3 deficit in the top of the seventh inning before Hudson squeezed out the come-from-behind victory. Keyed by a base hit from Ian Hedgepeth (Hanover High), Upper Valley scored four times in the seventh for a 7-6 lead. Hudson nicked relief pitcher Jon Carrier for a tying run in the home seventh, then completed the win in extras.
Game two was all Hudson, which combined 10 hits and four Upper Valley errors for a double-digit victory.
Colin Pierce (Hanover) had two hits in each contest to lead the Anglers. Dominic Nutting (Fall Mountain) had a pair of hits in the opening game and one more in the nightcap, and Hayden Chandler (Fall Mountain) provided two hits for Upper Valley in game one.
The U17s host Merrimack in their home opener at Eldridge Memorial Park’s Jim Wechsler Field on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.