BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- Coming off of their comeback, 9-7 win on Tuesday at Suffolk, the Buccaneers hosted Dean College on Wednesday in non-conference play. In the game, Brett Velzis hit his 18th career home run to become the All-Time Program leader in home runs and AJ Pietrafesa extended his hitting streak to 18 games though the Bucs came up short, 8-7.

The Basics

Final: Bulldogs 8, Buccaneers 7

Records: Dean (3-5)

               Maritime (5-8)

On The Mound

Dean: Kieran Karson: 4.2 IP | 11 H | 7 R | 7 ER | 3 BB | 3 K

          Dylan Altermatt (W, 1-0): 2.1 IP | 0 H | 0 R | 1 BB | 0 K

          Jacob Koble (Sv, 1): 1 IP | 0 H | 0 R | 0 BB | 2 K

Maritime: Jay Loeffler: 5.1 IP | 8 H | 7 R | 4 ER | 3 BB | 4 K

                Nick Iannone (L, 0-1): 2.2 IP | 1 H | 1 R | 0 ER | 0 BB | 4 K

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• AJ Pietrafesa had three hits in the game to extend his hitting streak to 18 games. Brett Velzis and Evan Vieira both had two hits.
• Grady Freeman, Alec Marsden, Costa Beechin, and Damon White all had one hit in the loss.
• Velzis drove in three runs, Vieira, Michael Estrada, Beechin, and White all drove in one run.
• Freeman scored twice and Tucker Leslie, Velzis, Pietrafesa, Vieira, and Estrada all came in to score once.
• Velzis hit his second home run of the season and his record breaking 18th. Freeman and Estrada each had a double.

Dean

• Nick Amendolara recorded two hits. Seven other Bulldogs added a hit.
• Nathan Sucncar and Amendolara each drove in two runs. The other Dean hitters drove in one.
• Gavis Goss and Suncar both scored twice, four other Bulldogs scored once.
• Suncar hit his third home run of the season. Jacob Paschetto added a double in the win.
• Goss and Colin Favata both stole a base in the game.

How It Happened

Dean scored immediately in the top of the first taking a 3-0 lead over the Bucs. In the bottom of the first, the Bucs grabbed two runs back, the first on a Velzis single to score Leslie and the second on a Vieira fielder's choice that scored Freeman. Dean led 3-2 after one inning of play.

After a scoreless second and top of the third, the Bucs took the lead in the bottom of the third. Velzis homered to right center scoring two to give the Buccaneers a 4-3 advantage. Later in the inning, Estrada hit a sacrifice fly to left to extend the lead to two runs, 5-3. Following Estrada, Beechin singled to score Vieira and give Maritime a three-goal, 6-3 lead at the end of three.

The Bulldogs answered in the top of the fourth to cut the deficit to two runs, 6-4 and in the top of the fifth they added another run to make it 6-5.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Maritime scored a seventh run on White's single to score Estrada and re extend the lead to two runs, 7-5. 

In the top of the sixth, the Bulldog's home run leader, Suncar, hit a two-run home run to tie the game at 7-7. 

Dean took the lead for good in the top of the seventh as Seth Cruz reached on a Buccaneers miscue, their fifth of the game, and the Bulldogs took an 8-7 lead.

Maritime was unable to tie the game or take the game late and the Bulldogs took the 8-7 win in Buzzards Bay.

What's Next

The Buccaneers are off until Sunday when they'll take on Lesley University at Hendy Field in a doubleheader beginning at 12pm.