BUZZARDS BAY, MA -- After a week off after returning from Florida, Buc Baseball took the field on Tuesday afternoon against Colby-Sawyer in non-conference action. The Bucs rallied for eight runs in the second inning and went on to win the game 14-3. 

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 14, Chargers 3

Records: Maritime (1-3)

             Colby-Sawyer (0-1)

On The Mound

Maritime: Brodey Tinkham (W, 1-1): 5 IP | 6 H | 2 R | 2 ER | 0 BB | 7 K

Colby Sawyer: Jack Mullen (L, 0-1): 1 IP | 8 R | 3 ER | 2 BB | 1 K

At The Plate

Maritime

• Brett Velzis was perfect at the plate going 3-for-3 with four runs scored, four RBI, a grand slam, and two walks. 
• Michael Doyle and A.J. Luciano each had two hits. Both of Doyle's hits were doubles and he went 2-for-4 with the two hits, two runs scored, and two RBI. Luciano was 2-for-6 with two singles, two RBI and he scored two runs. 
• John Tropea, Zach Sylvia, AJ Pietrafesa, Alex Schlapak, Tucker Leslie and Jake Houston each had hits for the Bucs. Sylvia's was his first of the season while Houston's was the first of his career and he drove in two runs in the process. 
• Schlapak also drove in two runs in the win with Pietrafesa also recording an RBI.
• Doyle, Pietrafesa, and Velzis recorded four extra-base hits between them in the game.
• Schlapak recorded a sacrifice fly late in the game.
• Luciano was credited with a stolen base. 

Colby-Sawyer

• The Chargers tallied seven hits in the game, two from Jake Choiniere and Cooper O'Brien. Ian Turpel, Jesse MacGlashing and Jack Matarese each had a hit as well. 
• Bailey Camacho, Ben Brennan and Matarese all drove in runs.
• Choiniere and O'Brien each recorded an extra-base hit.
• Griffin Wheeler stole the only bag of the game for the Chargers.

How It Happened

It was a scoreless first and top of the second for the teams before the flood gates opened for the Buccaneers. In the bottom of the second the Bucs put up an eight spot with Velzis scoring on a throwing error after leading off the inning, then two runs scored on a Doyle double, Luciano drove in a run on a fielder's choice and Brett Velzis, who hit twice in the inning, hit a grand slam over the right center field wall to put the Bucs up 8-0.

With an eight-run lead, Tinkham was able to settle in and set down the Chargers in the third. In the fourth, Colby-Sawyer cut the Maritime lead to six runs on a Camacho fielder's choice ground out and a Matarese single down the right field line. Up 8-2, the Bucs got one of the runs back in the bottom of the fourth on a Schlapak single down the left field line that was destined for foul territory and was blown back into fair territory for what can only be named a "Buzzards Bay Single".

Up 9-2 the Bucs sat down the Chargers in the fifth in order and Tinkham's outing was done, leaving with a 9-2 lead.

In the top of the sixth, the Chargers scored their third run on a Brennan ground out to third that scored O'Brien. The Bucs answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the frame to go up 10-3 on a Pietrafesa triple to score Velzis. 

The Bucs did the remainder of the scoring in the game, getting one in the seventh and three in the bottom of the eighth on a Schlapak sacrifice fly and a Houston pinch hit single to left center scoring pinch runner Aidan Weir and Velzis. 

Following Tinkham's five innings, Maritime used three other pitchers. First, Jake Dziczkowski tossed an inning with two walks and a strikeout; he also allowed an unearned run. Nick Iannone came in to pitch two innings allowing a hit and a walk while striking out two hitters. Finally, Brendan Baiardi threw a perfect ninth inning allowing no hits, no walks and striking out two. 

The Bucs went on to pick up their first win of the season in their home opener, 14-3, over Colby-Sawyer.

What's Next

The Bucs will take on Nichols College on Friday, March 11th at 4pm at Hendy Field.