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Hard to imagine a worse start to a season than what Belhaven University endured on Tuesday. The Blazers yielded a stunning 19 runs in the first inning and lost to Huntingdon 25-0 at Montgomery, Ala. BU used five pitchers in the first, and none of the first three retired a batter. Shane Brown, a transfer from Copiah-Lincoln Community College, started and took the loss; he yielded a hit, three walks and a hit batsman. The Blazers, transitioning to NCAA Division III from NAIA this season, managed just three hits and committed four errors. The Blazers, who were stung in the preseason by the death of catcher Devin McCann in a car wreck, went 33-24 in 2015. Hill Denson’s club plays again on Friday at Louisiana College.