WENHAM, MA— Hosting the Monks of Saint Joseph's College today in their final contest of the 2013 campaign, the Scots could not quite complete the comeback effort over their guests, conceding a 10-8 loss to wrap up their season at 16-20 overall. The Monks, who just won their fourth consecutive Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) championship, improve to 29-11 overall with the win.
Saint Joseph's Taylor Reuillard (Biddeford, Maine) went 4-5 at the plate with four RBIs while teammate Alex Lorenc (Nanuet, N.Y.) hit 3-5 on the day. Jimmy Kennedy (York, Maine) kept his record on the mound unblemished (3-0), pitching 7.0 innings and allowing one earned run off five hits.
Stephen Crawford (Haddon Heights, N.J.) went 3-4 with two RBIs for the Scots, Brian Harrington (Shoreham, N.Y.) hit 2-4 with a single RBI, Geoff Brown (East Moriches, N.Y.) hit 2-5 with two RBIs, and Dillon Coleman (Cromwell, Conn.) went 1-4 with two RBIs.
The Scots took an early lead in the bottom of the second when Crawford ripped an RBI double to score Alex German (Brimfield, Ill.) and later crossed home himself off an error at short by David Nieves (York, Maine) to make it a 2-0 ballgame.
That lead held until the top of the fourth after a sac fly to right from the Monks' Louie Vigars (Stratham, N.H.) plated Alex Markakis (Lynnfield, Mass.) to bring the game to within one. Then, in the top of the seventh, Saint Joseph's exploded at the plate for six runs behind RBI singles from Joe Coyne (Duxbury, Mass.), Mike Pratt (Dartmouth, Mass.), and Nic Lops (South Portland, Maine) and a three-run homer from Reuillard to give the Monks the 7-2 advantage heading down the stretch.
Gordon responded in the bottom of the next frame as Crawford RBI singled and Coleman two-RBI singled to cut the deficit to 7-5 heading into the final inning.
Reuillard once again rose to the occasion on offense for the visitors with an RBI single and later scored with Markakis on a Gordon error, leaving the Scots with just one more chance to complete the comeback.
But despite late efforts by Harrington and Brown, who RBI singled and two-RBI doubled, respectively, to close the gap, the Monks' bullpen did its work from the hill to close out the game and preserve the two-run win.
Saint Joseph's will travel to Bates College on Wednesday, May 8 for a 1 p.m. start.
COURTESY OF GORDON COLLEGE SPORTS INFORMATION
Saint Joseph's College is Maine's only Catholic liberal arts college, providing a supportive, personalized and career-focused education for more than 100 years. From its 350-acre campus on the shores of Sebago Lake, the College offers more than 40 undergraduate programs to a population of approximately 1,000 students. Saint Joseph's College Online provides certificates, undergraduate and advanced degrees for working adults through an online learning program. For more, visit www.sjcme.edu.
