Baseball

Mules Rally Past Monks, 5-3

Mules Rally Past Monks, 5-3

Pitching

Win: Cabot Maher (1-0)
Loss: Brian Berthiaume (0-2)

Batting

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
2B: none
3B: none
HR: none
Colby
2B: Brady O'Brien; Cabot Maher
3B: none
HR: none
full stats
Posted: Mar 31, 2021

WATERVILLE, Maine - Colby College (2-1) rallied from a 3-0 deficit to defeat Saint Joseph's College (6-9), 5-3, in a non-conference baseball contest on Wednesday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Monks secured a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when sophomore shortstop Zach Miles (Concord, N.H.) singled and scored on a Hunter Richardson (North Monmouth, Maine) base hit. St. Joe's proceeded to claim a 3-0 cushion with two runs off a hit and a Colby error in the third inning, when Miles and Richardson crossed the plate on a fielder's choice and a misplayed ball after reaching with a walk and base hit, respectively.

Unfortunately for the Monks, the 3-0 lead dissipated entirely in the bottom of the fifth when the Mules scored three runs – all unearned – of a pair of hits with a Brady O'Brien double knotting the game at 3-3.

After stranding two runners in both the sixth and seventh innings, St. Joe's gave up the lead without allowing a hit in the bottom of the seventh, when Patrick McConnell walked, moved to third following a balk and a wild pitch, and scored on a sac fly off the bat of Andrew Russell.

The Mules capped the game scoring in a similar manner in the bottom of the eighth, when Cabot Mahar walked, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch, and sprinted home on another errant pitch.

ON THE MOUND:

  • Freshman starter Luke Stephens (Glastonbury, Conn.) did not factor into the decision after yielding three unearned runs off four hits and a pair of walks with six K's in 4.2 innings
  • Freshman reliever Brian Berthiaume (New Boston, N.H.) allowed two runs and suffered the loss despite tossing 3.1 no-hit innings with eight strikeouts
  • Colby employed six different hurlers in the victory with Maher earning the win after fanning five during 2.2 perfect innings

OFF THE BAT:

  • Richardson was the game's lone repeat-hitter and went 2-3 with a run and an RBI
  • Stephens was credited with a pair of RBI in the setback
  • For Colby, McConnell was 1-2 with two runs and an RBI while O'Brien and Maher both recorded a double

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will host New England College on Saturday in a doubleheader (two 9-inning games) slated to begin at 12:00 PM.

 

 

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.

 

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