Mass. Maritime Sweeps MASCAC Doubleheader with Baseball

HOW IT HAPPENED:  

Game 1: Mass. Maritime 2, Framingham State 0 

• In the opener, but Bucs got on the board first in the top of the third on an RBI ground out off the bat off Alex Schlapak.  

• Mass. Maritime doubled their lead on an RBI single from Aidan Henderson in the top of the sixth. 

• The Rams threatened in the bottom of the sixth loading the bases with one out on a hit batter and singles from Ethan Moniz and Kennedy Wilson. Brodey Tinkham was able to work out of the inning with a double play ball for the Bucs and preserve the 2-0 lead. 

• Steven Burbank led off the bottom of the seventh with a single for the Rams, but Brenden Biardi was able to retire the next three batters and earn the save. 

• Anthony Panza took the loss for the Rams on the mound. Panza went seven innings allowing two earned runs on six hits with six strikeouts. 

• Tinkham earned the win for Bucs going six shutout innings allowing just five hits with three strikeouts. Biardi earned the save tossing a scoreless seventh allowing one hit. 

Game 2: Mass Maritime 6, Framingham State 2 

• In game two, the Bucs grabbed the lead in the bottom of the first on an RBI groundout from Henderson. 

• Ryan Boyle tied the game in the bottom of the fourth with a solo home run to right field for the Rams. 

• The Bucs tacked on two more in the top of the fifth to lead 3-1. Schlapak plated the first run with a single to right and Zach Sylvia plated the second with a single. 

• Mass. Maritime capped their scoring with three more in the top of the sixth including an RBI single from John Tropea. 

• The Rams added a run in the bottom of the seventh when Jacob Buontempo scored on a Buc error to reach the final score. 

• Hunter Dean earned the win for the Bucs going seven innings allowing two runs, one earned, on six hits with three strikeouts. 

• Jack Foley took the loss for the Rams going five innings and allowing three runs, four earned, on four hits.