Fresh off a comeback victory in Orleans, the Hyannis Harbor Hawks had one multi-run rally in them on Thursday night at McKeon Park against the Harwich Mariners, but not two, as they ultimately fell 10-6 in a loss riddled with sloppy defensive plays and errors.

Though the Harbor Hawks turned a 5-1 deficit into a 6-6 tie by the sixth inning, they coughed up four runs in the final three frames and could not rally a second time.

Hyannis put up three errors on the scoreboard – two by pitchers and one by the first baseman – but the defensive miscues went beyond the box score, whether they were a passed ball or a throw that pulled an infielder off the bag.

“It’s free bases, wild pitches, passed balls, errors, walks, all that stuff that they don’t have to do anything [to score],” Hyannis manager Mitch Karraker said. “We just gave it to them. If we can clean that stuff up, I feel like it would have been a good effort.

Harwich got off to a hot start with a leadoff shot from right fielder Colin Larson. After Hyannis left fielder JP Head tied it up with a solo shot of his own, the Mariners poured on four runs in the fourth in a big inning enabled by a passed ball, a wild pitch and an errant pickoff throw by the Harbor Hawks.

Over the next three innings, the Harbor Hawks put up five runs to the Mariners’ one.

Though Hyannis’ position players had a night to forget on the diamond, they put up a commendable effort at the plate. Seven of the Harbor Hawks’ starting nine recorded at least one hit, three had multi-hit games, and Hyannis hit three home runs.

Shortstop Jordan Lodise led the charge, knocking two out of the park on his way to a four-hit, two-RBI night. Lodise, who plays for the University of Central Florida, is batting .292 with a .959 OPS on the season.

“Before the game, I was just trying to work on seeing [the ball] deep,” Lodise said. “Trust my hands, and know that I have good enough hands to hit it backfield. I think it worked, showing off that backside power today.”

His first home run of the night got the rally started for Hyannis. Lodise squared up on Harwich lefty Chet Lax’s first pitch and drove it over the wall in right-center field.

“I knew he was like a little funky lefty,” Lodise said. First at bat, I saw every pitch, and then I was a little late to the fastball, so I was like, ‘he’s gonna throw me an offspeed here,’ and I attacked it early.”

After the Mariners responded with a leadoff double, plating the runner on two wild pitches from Hyannis reliever Cohen Gomez, the Harbor Hawks kept their offense firing.

With men on second and third and one out in the fifth, after a single by third baseman Jon Embury and a double by second baseman Charlie Bates, Head grounded out to drive in a run.

In the bottom of the sixth, Lodise led off with another homer on an 0-2 pitch.

“He threw me a slider and I swung, so I knew he was going to try to come back with an offspeed,” Lodise said. “I saw it in my head, a curveball, and I just got ahead out front.”

The Harbor Hawks continued getting men on, and Embury singled in Hyannis designated hitter Kyle Alivo later in the inning. Hyannis tied it up on a wild pitch by Harwich reliever Adam Arther, with center fielder Liam Barrett coming in to score from third.

While it looked for a moment like the Harbor Hawks had a comeback story brewing for the second consecutive night, the Mariners jumped out to another lead, and Hyannis could not rally.

Harwich manager Steve Englert said his team showed “great signs of character” in “handling adversity” in coming back after giving up the lead.

Opening the top of the seventh, Harwich led off with two consecutive singles. While Mariners shortstop Tyler Smolinski flew out to right field, a throwing error by the pitcher after the ball returned to the infield scored Larson from third.

After a wild pitch and a fielding error by Hyannis first baseman Trey Hawsey, Harwich plated another.

Hyannis escaped the inning without further damage and attempted comebacks in the following two frames, but stranded men in scoring position each time.

The Mariners put the game on ice in the ninth with a two-out rally, with four singles in the inning, bringing the score to 10-6.

Hyannis led Harwich 13-12 in the hit column, but all that mattered was the lopsided score.

“Both sides were good. [Hyannis] swung it pretty good, too,” Englert said. “It’s a tough league, and it’s very competitive, and every game is a dogfight.”

The Harbor Hawks have their work cut out for them, with a matchup with the league-leading Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox on deck. Nevertheless, Karraker remains hopeful.

“The guys know what winning baseball is,” Karraker said. “They know what they need to do, and we’ll fix it for the next time.”

The matchup against Yarmouth-Dennis is set for Friday at McKeon Park. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.