BUZZARDS BAY, MA -- Buccaneer baseball hosted Framingham State on Friday afternoon in the first game of the MASCAC schedule for both teams. There were about as many weather changes as there were momentum changes in the first game of this three game series that ended 6-5 in favor of the Rams.

The Basics

Final: Rams 6, Buccaneers 5

Records: Framingham (4-9, 1-0)

              Maritime (7-9, 0-1)

On the Mound

Framingham: Teaghin Andrew (W, 1-0): 1.2 IP | 2 H | 0 R | 0 BB | 4 K

                     Aidan Abernathy (Sv, 1): 1 IP | 1 H | 0 R | 0 BB | 1 K

At The Plate

Maritime

• Led by Alex Schlapak and Chris Perito who each had three hits, the Bucs offense put together a 15 hit game.
• AJ Pietrafesa, Aidan Henderson, and Tucker Leslie each had two hits in the game. 
• Pietrafesa drove in two runs in the game for the Bucs and had the only extra base hit, a double.

Framingham

• The Rams had eight hits in the game, three from Ryan Boyle, including a triple and a solo home run.
• Boyle drove in three runs, Ethan Moniz drove in two runs in the win and had a double to his credit.
• Steven Burbank drew the only walk surrendered by either team.

How It Happened

Boyle put the Rams on the board in the top of the first with his solo home run to right center field. Rams starter Scott Nosky proceeded to keep the Bucs off the board in the first. 

In the bottom of the second, Maritime tied the game at 1-1 when the Rams failed to turn a double play, allowing AJ Luciano to score on an error.

Framingham took the lead back in the top of the third on a Moniz double, his first hit of the season, and a Boyle single to score Moniz. The Rams led 4-1 after two and a half innings and held that lead through the middle innings.

In the bottom of the sixth, with the weather deteriorating, the Bucs scored a run on a double steal. Aidan Henderson came across before Tucker Leslie was tagged between first and second and the Bucs pulled within two runs.

Maritime scored three more in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game and take the lead. Pietrafesa tied the game on a single up the middle that scored Schlapak and Perito. Then, Frank Aten singled to the shortstop allowing Piertrafesa to score on a throwing error by the shortstop. The Bucs had a 5-4 lead after seven innings.

The top of the eighth saw the Rams take the lead once again, this time for good. Boyle tripled to score Iannetta. Later, Boyle scored on a Kennedy Wilson single to take a 6-5 lead.

The Bucs were unable to get a run across in the eighth or ninth, though they threatened in both innings. The Rams won the MASCAC opener and first game of three with the Bucs, 6-5.

What's Next

The Buccaneers will take on Framingham again in a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 1pm.