On a beautiful spring night for baseball, Thomas Jefferson’s hopes of getting back into the winning column were dashed by another hot pitcher.  This time it was Paul Kirchner of the South Lakes Seahawks.  This was a far different game than the last time these two teams faced off.  In the earlier game, played during the spring break tournament in mid-March, the Thomas Jefferson Colonials handily defeated the Seahawks 8 to 4.  It was a different story tonight.  It was an ominous start for the Colonials when Alan Allworth, the starting catcher and number three hitter for the Colonials all season, was hit in the face by an errant pitch.  Based on Alan’s reaction to the pitch, no one had any idea of the seriousness of the injury at the time even though he had a nasty cut on his chin.  But it turned out to be much worse than that.  Alan will under go surgery for a broken jaw.  He also lost a tooth and several others were knocked loose.  He will be out of action for the remainder of the season.  It did not get any better for the Colonials on this night.  For the second consecutive game, the Colonials were held to only one hit, a single by Colonials pitcher Mason Freedman; and only one runner, Alex Radcliffe, was able to reach second base during the game.  As has been the pattern the last couple of games, the Colonials put themselves at a disadvantage early by letting the opposing team jump out to a big lead.  The Seahawks led 8-0 after the first two innings.  Unlike the last two games, Colonial errors did not play a major factor in the score.  This time only two errors resulted in two of the eight runs.  Several Colonial players, including Jacob McAuliffe, Wes Stukenbroeker, Travis Triggs, and Brian Tubergen experienced regular season varsity action last night.  Freshman Thomas Woodruff filled in admirably for Alan behind the plate.