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.