CHARLOTTE, FL - Clark University (MA) used a 3-run 8th inning to
get past the Monks in a nine inning contest on Monday morning in
the third game of the team's southern trip. SR
Dustin Spiller (Gorham, ME) and
FY Ian Lee (Hampden, ME) each
collected two hits in the loss. JR Andy
Pooler (Somesville, ME) took the loss in relief to
fall to 1-1 on the season. The Monks are 1-2 after the defeat and
Clark University improves to 2-2.
The Cougars jumped to a lead early after Monks' SO pitcher
Mike Burdin (Gardiner, ME) gave
up a three-run homer to JR Matthew Tillo (Osterville, MA) in the
first inning. Burdin settled in after the rocky start to hold the
Clark offense at bay and St. Joe's tacked on runs in the 2nd, 4th
and 5th innings to tie the game at three apiece.
SR Brian Schools (Gorham, ME)
drove a hit up the middle for a single to send teammate SR
Andrew Wood (South Portland, ME)
across the plate in the seventh inning to provide the Monks with a
4-3 lead.
Pinch hitter FY Joe Douglass
(Poland, ME) tripled to the left-center gap in the eighth inning to
notch his first collegiate hit and drive in FY pinch runner
John Swasey (South Berwick, ME)
to put St. Joe's up by two, 5-3, with an inning to go.
The SJC bullpen was unable to hold on to the lead, however, as the
Cougars battled back to regain the lead in the bottom of the eighth
inning with 3 runs off of 4 hits to secure a 6-5 lead. The Monks
offense was unable to come through with the big hit in the top of
the ninth and stranded two runners on base. Overall, the Monks left
nine men on base in the loss.
SR Luke Enman (Milan, NH), Dustin
Spiller and Ian Lee all connected for
doubles in the SJC loss.
For Clark, Matthew Tillo was 2-2, SR Joseph Silva (Westbury, NY)
was 3-4 with 2 runs and SR Matthew Adams (Jackson Heights, NY) was
2-5 in the game. SO Erik DiMarco (Bellingham, MA) picked up the
victory in relief for the Cougars.
The Monks will hit the diamond on Wednesday morning at 11:00 AM
against Thomas More College (KY) in a doubleheader.