Standish, ME - It was a tale of two offenses for
the Saint Joseph's College baseball team on Wednesday as they split
a non-conference doubleheader with the Husson College Eagles. In
game one, the Monks offense was rendered silent by Husson
right-hander Andrew Patterson, losing 4-1. In game two the Royal
Blue bats awoke to salvage a split, pounding out 10 hits in a 10-2
victory.
In game one, rookie RHP Mike Burdin (Gardiner, ME)
pitched well in his first collegiate start allowing 3 runs on 6
hits during his 6 innings of work. He was relieved by SO RHP
Andrew Pooler who allowed the Eagles to plate an
insurance run in the seventh inning. Offensively the Monks could
only manage three hits off of Patterson in his six innings of
shutout work. The lone SJC run came on an RBI groundout by SO
Wade Oliver (Owl's Head, ME) in the bottom of the
final frame.
In the second game the Monks offense showed signs of life early,
scoring a pair of runs in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by
JR captain Brian Schools (Gorham, ME) and an RBI
double by Oliver. The lead moved to 3-0 in the third when a single
by 3B Mark Clapp (Blue Hill, ME) scored JR
Dustin Spiller (Gorham, ME) who had walked
earlier.
After Husson narrowed the margin to 3-2 in the top of the fourth,
the Monks exploded for five run in the bottom. Junior SS
Luke Enman (Milan, NH) highlighted the rally with
a 2 run single. Rookie 1B Ben Grant-Roy laced an
RBI single to left field, then executed a flawless delayed steal
play before scoring on a Husson error. Senior Keil
Martin (Saco, ME) delivered a sacrifice fly in the fifth
inning to push the lead to 9-2.
The Monks closed out the scoring in the bottom of the sixth when
senior Dan Enman (Milan, NH) roped a double to
deep left field, then advanced to third base on a wild pitch.
Dan Enman scored on an RBI groundout by Clapp,
providing the final margin of 10-2.
On the mound FY RHP Craig Woodbrey (Gorham, ME)
was solid going 3.2 innings allowing 2 runs on only 1 hit. Woodbrey
walked 6 and fanned 3 Eagles. Senior captain Sam
Tupper (Yarmouth, ME) inherited a bases loaded jam in the
fourth, after allowing a single he induced a ground ball out to end
the Husson threat. Tupper (4-0) then pitched a perfect fifth inning
to record the win, striking out one. Head coach Will Sanborn called
on southpaw Cole Filosa (Milford, MA) to hold the
lead, which he did in striking out one in a perfect inning. FY LHP
Andrew Keirstead (Westbrook, ME) sealed the
victory with a scoreless seventh inning.
The Monks resume their schedule on Friday when they will play host
to local rival University of Southern Maine. The non-conference
match up will begin at 3:00 PM at beautiful Larry Mahaney Diamond
on the campus of Saint Joseph's College.