BANGOR, ME - The St. Joe's baseball team (16-11,
5-5 GNAC) had 16 hits and four different Monks pitchers combined to
allow 3 earned runs and 6 hits in a 13-4 victory over Husson
College on Monday evening. Starting pitcher FY
Mason Roberge (Franklin, NH)
allowed 6 hits and struck out 3 in five innings of work to earn his
third win of the season. Sophomore catcher Travis
Adams (Saco, ME) led five SJC repeat hitters with
3 hits and SR Luke Enman (Milan,
NH) blasted his fourth home run of the year in the win.
The Monks began the scoring with two runs in the top of the first
inning. JR Wade Oliver (Owls
Head, ME) walked, SR Brian
Schools (Gorham, ME) recorded a bunt single and JR
Ben Grant-Roy (Biddeford, ME)
sent them both across the plate with a single.
Husson tied the game at two apiece with 2 hits and 2 SJC errors in
the bottom of the fourth inning. SO Dennis Graham (Miramichi, NB)
scored on a wild pitch by Roberge and SR Jeff Miller (Veazie, ME)
scored on an error in the inning.
The Monks broke through in the fifth inning to score 6 runs with
two outs. SO Pat Moran
(Winterport, ME) provided the big hit of the inning with a
bases-loaded triple to knock in three runs.
Moran's ball was just short of a grand slam as the
ball hit off the very top of the chain link fence and ricocheted
back into play. FY Eric LaBatte
(Rochester, NH) drove home two runs with a double and FY
Ian Lee (Hampden, ME) recorded an
RBI single in the offensive outburst that saw the Monks take an 8-2
lead.
The Eagles scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth to keep the
game within reach, 8-4. Jeff Miller tripled home Graham and later
scored on a FY Chris Maguire (Bucksport, ME) groundout to second
base.
Travis Adams worked a base on
balls with the bases loaded to record an RBI in the 6th inning to
increase the SJC lead to 9-4.
Luke Enman notched his fourth
long ball of the season, a two-run blast, in the 7th inning and the
Monks added insurance runs in both the 8th and 9th innings to give
St. Joe's a 13-4 victory. Oliver singled home
Adams in the eighth and FY Chris
Campbell (Rochester, NH) lifted a double to right
field to knock home Grant-Roy in the ninth
inning.
For the Monks, Oliver, Schools,
Grant-Roy and LaBatte all
recorded two hits. Grant-Roy walked four times and
scored 3 runs and Pat Moran
scored a run and had 3 RBI's.
Luke Enman passed Mark Clapp '07
on the SJC all-time at-bats list with his trip to the plate in the
sixth inning. Enman now holds the top spot on the
list with 537 and counting.
SJC starter Mason Roberge
recorded the victory and SO Mike
Burdin (Gardiner, ME), JR Andrew
Pooler (Somesville, ME) and Brian
Schools combined to allow just 2 Eagle hits in
four innings of relief.
For Husson, Dennis Graham was 2-4 with 2 runs and Jeff Miller
registered a triple and 2 runs in the loss. Starting pitcher FY
Kyle Leeman (Bangor, ME) takes the loss for Husson.
St. Joe's will host Thomas College on Wednesday, April 16th. The
first game of the doubleheader is scheduled to begin at 3:00 PM.
