Middlebury dropped a pair of contests Sunday afternoon on the road to in-state foe Castleton State at Spartan Field. Featuring a pair of stellar pitching performances from both sides, the hosts grabbed game one by a 2-0 score, and improved to 25-8 overall with a 2-1 win in the nightcap. The Panthers return to the field on Tuesday for a 4:00 p.m. game at Skidmore.

Sam Spencer and Matt Ravey each threw complete games for the Spartans, limiting the Middlebury (4-20) bats to just 11 hits over the course of 14 innings.

Middlebury starter Dylan Kane (0-3) pitched his first complete game this spring in the opener, allowing two runs on five hits in six innings. In the second game, Logan Mobley (1-3) went the first 4.2 innings giving up two runs, one earned, on five hits. He walked four and struck out four batters. Jake Stalcup pitched the final 1.1 innings for the Panthers.

Tyler Lord went 1-3 with an RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base in game one, while Dan Errico had an RBI for the hosts in game two. Jason Lock went 3-6 in the twinbill for Middlebury, scoring the team's lone run.

In the opener, Spencer (4-2) tossed seven shutout innings on just six hits. He gave up just one walk and struck out one.

The game remained scoreless until the fifth when the Spartans put up a pair of runs, stringing together four hits. Nate Swahn led off with a single to center, followed by an infield single by Soren Pelz-Walsh. Tyler Lord ripped an RBI single to right field, and came around to score on a single by Allen White, making it 2-0.

The limited run support was all the Spencer needed. The Spartans' hurler got himself into a pair of jams in the sixth and seventh with multiple Panther base runners in each inning, but worked his way out of both situations. Spencer closed out the game by forcing Johnny Read to ground into a bases loaded fielder's choice.

In game two, Castleton jumped out to an early lead and hung onto it the rest of the way. Ravey (1-1) gave up just one run on five hits, and recorded three strikeouts without allowing a walk.

Lord and White led off the bottom of the first inning with back-to-back singles. Joe Borowski drew a walk to load the bases, and Errico drove in a run with a fielder's choice. Three batters later, White came around to score and gave the hosts a 2-0 advantage on a passed ball.

On the mound, Ravey protected the Castleton lead, retiring 11-straight Middlebury batters from the first inning through the fourth inning. In the fifth, Lock led off with a double for Middlebury, but was left stranded after Ravey earned a strikeout and two groundouts to end the inning.

In the seventh, the Panthers finally got to the Castleton senior hurler. After Ravey recorded the first two outs, Lock singled to right field. John Luke followed with a double down the left field line, putting runners on second and third. Garrett Werner slapped a single to right field, where White came charging to field the ball. The senior scooped it up and fired a bullet to home plate where Swahn swiped the tag on a sliding Luke to record the third out of the inning.