HAMPTON - The Apprentice School baseball team could not get the bats going in their New South Athletic Conference opener, falling to Mid-Atlantic Christian Tuesday afternoon, 3-2.

The Builders were the first to score, plating a run off a Camden Weston RBI double. MACU answered in the fifth, taking advantage of back-to-back walks to lead off the inning to score twice and take a 2-1 lead.

Apprentice got back on the board in the seventh as Justin Bradshaw legged it out to first to avoid a double play and plate the tying run, but the Mustangs got it right back in the eighth on a single to right.

The Builders had chances in the eighth and ninth with runners on second and third in both frames, but MACU answered the call and worked out of each inning unscathed to earn the win.

Apprentice will take to the field again tomorrow as they travel to Paul D. Camp for a 1 p.m. start.