After 10 challenging innings Monday, Calvert Hall and Cardinal Gibbons were tied, 8-8, in their Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A-conference game at Calvert Hall when the game was called for darkness.

The game will be resumed at the top of the 11th inning on April 17 when Calvert Hall goes to Cardinal Gibbons for the next meeting between the two sides. The tie game will be decided and then the next game will start.

Gibbons remains 4-0 in conference play, while Calvert Hall is 4-1.

Monday each team used five pitchers and Gibbons saw a 6-3 lead, built over the first four innings, disappear in the sixth and seventh.

Cardinal Gibbons got five strong innings from Eric Drechsler, who allowed five hits and five runs (four earned), while Calvert Hall's Blake Geiger went six innings, giving up eight hits and six runs (four earned), before a series of teammates took their turns on the mound.

The Gibbons' offensive attach was led by designated hitter John Marshall, with two hits and three runs and Blake Thompson was just one hit short of hitting for the cycle with a single, double and a triple. Calvert Hall's centerfielder Evan Cain had two doubles, two RBI and scored two runs and his teammate Ryan Welling had a double, a triple and three RBI.