Christian Hodge crouched down in the batter’s box and hung his head while everyone in the Army dugout stormed the field.
Hodge continued staring straight down at the ground as the Black Knights formed a mass pile of humanity on the pitcher’s mound surrounding reliever Cam Opp.
Hodge and the rest of the Navy baseball team could not bear to watch as archrival Army celebrated capturing the Patriot League Championship on Terwilliger Brothers Field.
Freshman Anthony Giachin delivered a two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning to drive in the winning runs and the bullpen made it stand as Army defeated Navy, 5-3, on Monday afternoon at Max Bishop Stadium to sweep the Patriot League Championship series.