STANDISH, Maine – Saint Joseph's College (26-11) swept UMaine-Farmington (8-21) in a non-conference baseball doubleheader at Larry Mahaney Diamond on Thursday afternoon. The Monks opened with a 4-1 triumph and closed out the sweep with a 6-1 victory.
GAME ONE:
Saint Joseph's grabbed a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when freshman Michael Wearne (Ellington, Conn.) scored on a Drew Healey (Rochester, N.H.) sacrifice fly. UMaine-Farmington knotted the game up at 1-1 in the top of the second when junior Will Cauchon (Kingston, Mass.) led off with a single and came around to score on a Matt Haines (Colorado Springs, Colo.) single to center.
The Monks secured the lead for good in the bottom of the third, when the hosts plated two runs on three hits. Senior third baseman Ronan Chisholm (North Chatham, Mass.) scored on a passed ball and Healey singled and later crossed the plate on a Jonathan Dube (Rochester, N.H.) base hit.
St. Joe's tacked on an insurance run in the sixth when sophomore Eli Lind (Turner, Maine), who entered the game as a pinch runner, scored on a Matt Thibeault (Nashua, N.H.) single.
ON THE MOUND:
- SJC freshman starter Matthew Murphy (Plymouth, Mass.) gave up a run on three hits over two innings
- Junior Samuel Jalbert (Mascouche, Que.) earned the win and improves to 4-2 on the season after fanning five batters in three scoreless frames
- Sophomore Logan Butkins (Scituate, R.I.) struck out two in one inning of relief and Luke Stephens (Glastonbury, Conn.) notched his fifth save of the season after working a scoreless seventh
- UMF freshman reliever Lucas Tuttle (Framingham, Mass.) took the loss and falls to 0-4 after allowing two unearned runs on three hits in an inning of work
OFF THE BAT:
- Wearne went 2-for-3 with a run
- Dube was 1-for-1 with an RBI and a pair of walks
GAME TWO:
The Monks scored single runs in the first and second innings, as Healey delivered an RBI single in the first and junior shortstop Zach Miles (Concord, N.H.) sent Thibault home with a sac fly in the second frame to stake the hosts to a 2-0 advantage.
The Beavers made it a one-run game in the fourth inning when senior Riley Bartell (Portland, Maine) singled and later scored when sophomore Tyler Lambert (Lyman, Maine) grounded into a double play.
Saint Joseph's put the game away by scoring four runs on four hits in the bottom of the fifth when Wearne and Healey notched RBI singles and Thibeault plated a pair with a double to center field.
ON THE MOUND:
- Junior reliever Sean McDonough (Concord, N.H.) picked up the first win of his NCAA career after tossing two scoreless innings of one-hit relief; Anthony Esposito (Orange, Conn.), Wearne, Thibault, and Gravel worked a scoreless inning of relief apiece
- UMF sophomore starter TJ Dorn (Westbrook, Maine) took the loss after giving up two unearned runs in over two innings
OFF THE BAT:
- Healey went 2-for-2 with a stolen base and two RBI
- Thibeault doubled, scored a run, and drove in a pair
- Wearne was 1-for-2 with two runs and an RBI
- For UMF, Bartell and Jonny Pruett (Waterford, Maine) both went 3-for-3
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:
With the sweep, Saint Joseph's improves to 62-13 all-time versus UMaine-Farmington and has now defeated the Beavers in four-consecutive meetings.
NEXT!
Saint Joseph's closes out the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) docket with a pair of games at Lasell University on Saturday. First pitch is set for 1:00 PM.
