STANDISH, ME - Saint Joseph's College earned a split Thomas College in a non-conference doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon. In game one, SJC starting pitcher sophomore Kyle Dorr (Berwick, ME) allowed two hits and struck out six in five scoreless innings of work to improve his season record to 2-1 and freshman Ian Lee (Hampden, ME) was 2-4 with a home run and 4 RBI's to help the Monks clinch an 8-0 victory. St. Joe's led 5-4 going into the seventh inning but Thomas scored 3 runs in the top of the inning and the Monks were unable to produce a late rally and lost, 7-5. Freshman outfielder Eric LaBatte (Rochester, NH) was 3-4 with a run and an RBI for the Monks in the loss.

GAME ONE

Ian Lee hit his second home run of the season in the second inning, a two-run blast, and SR Dustin Spiller (Gorham, ME) singled home SR Brian Schools (Gorham, ME) in the third to give the Monks a 3-0 lead and more than enough run support for SJC starter Kyle Dorr.

The Monks put five runs on the board off of three hits in the 6th inning. A JR Wade Oliver (Owls Head, ME) sac fly, and a SO Ben Grant-Roy (Biddeford, ME) single accounted for two of the runs and Ian Lee knocked home two with a single in the inning. Eric LaBatte was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to record an RBI in the big inning that saw the Monks take an 8-0 lead, one they would not relinquish.

For the Monks, Brian Schools scored 2 runs and SO Ricky Sarmento (Lowell, MA) hit a triple. JR Andrew Pooler (Somesville, ME) pitched two scoreless innings in relief to record his first save of the season.

GAME TWO

Thomas scored a run in the first to take a 1-0 lead, but Ben Grant-Roy hit a double to send home Eric LaBatte to tie the game at one apiece in the bottom of the inning.

LaBatte doubled home SR Andrew Wood (South Portland, ME), who led off with a single, to give the Monks a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the third.

The Terriers tied the game in the fourth inning when Cory Estes (Old Town, ME) singled to send home Nicholas Cloutier (Topsham, ME).

Dustin Spiller led off in the bottom of the fourth and tripled to deep right-center and SO Pat Moran (Winterport, ME) followed with a sac fly to left to give the Monks a 3-2 lead.

Thomas regained the lead with two runs in the top of the 6th. Scott Geel (Calais, ME) and Michael Busa (Carver, MA) registered RBI's in the inning to give the Terriers a 4-3 lead.

SO Nick Johnson (Yuma, AZ) pinch hit in the bottom of the sixth and came through in the clutch with an RBI single that sent home Wade Oliver to tie the game. Pinch runner JR Stephan Gorsun (South Berwick, ME) scored on a passed ball to put the Monks up, 5-4.

The Terriers wasted no time in the top of the seventh as they hit three consecutive singles off SJC pitcher Brian Schools to load the bases. Schools struck out the next two batters, but Josh Nickerson (Stockton Springs, ME) had an extended at-bat that resulted in a walk to send home the tying run. Geel walked and Busa was hit by a pitch to put the Terriers up 7-5 before Schools struck out Jared Fieldsend (Somersworth, NH) to end the inning. The Monks were unable to mount an offensive threat in the bottom of the inning.

For the Terriers, Estes, Cloutier and Fieldsend all tallied two hits in the game and Kyle Kendall (Fairhaven, MA) recorded the win in relief.

St. Joe's will take on in-state rival Southern Maine on Thursday, April 17, 2008 in a nine inning game that is scheduled to begin at 3:30 PM.