Bucs Lose Staff Day to Wentworth in Non-Conference Play

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- The Buccaneers hosted Wentworth on Wednesday in non-conference play. Between the two teams there were 16 pitchers used, nine by the Buccaneers as the team prepared for their five-game conference weekend with MCLA and Bridgewater State. Wentworth went up in the fourth and never relinquished the lead, beating the Bucs, 9-4.

The Basics

Final: Leopards 9, Buccaneers 4

Records: Wentworth (18-7)

               Maritime (10-12)

On The Mound

Wentworth: Jacob DeCoste (W, 2-0): 3 IP | 2 H | 0 R | 3 BB | 2 K

                    Connor Whitehead (Sv, 1): 1.1 IP | 0 H | 0 R | 0 BB | 3 K

Maritime: Greyson Sandoz (L, 0-1): 1 IP | 4 H | 3 R | 3 ER | 2 BB | 1 K

Inside the Numbers

Maritime

• Max Hefner, Evan Vieira, Jake Quillen, Jake Houston, Michael Logiudice, and Damon White all had a hit in the game for the Bucs.
• Hefner, Houston, and Logiudice all recorded a double.
• Costa Beechin, Rex Sullivan, Vieira, and White all had a run batted in. 
• Michael Estrada, Quillen, Bill Gorry, and Houston all scored a run.
• Estrada recorded the only stolen base of the game for the Bucs.

Wentworth

• Seven different players recorded two hits each in the win for the Leopards.
• Michael Petit drove in three runs for Wentworth. Mike Sibert drove in two runs in the game. Jake Prisco, Christian Roncal, and Matt Robinson all drove in one. 
• Robinson scored twice in the game and seven other Leopards scored once.
• Petit had a home run, Prisco, Roncal, and Matthew Favazzo all had doubles in the win.
• Christian Peruzzi and Aaron Lundgren each stole a base.

How It Happened

All was calm at Hendy field through the first three innings of play as the teams remained at a scoreless draw through three. In the top of the fourth, Wentworth broke the game open with three runs. Petit delivered the first with a home run off of the scoreboard in left field. Robinson and Sibert singled in the inning, each driving in a run. In the bottom of the fourth, White singled to left center for the Bucs and Quillen scored from second. Maritime trailed Wentworth, 3-1, after four innings of play.

The Bucs closed the gap again in the bottom of the fifth with one run. Vieira laid down what was intended to be a squeeze bunt and ended up on first with a base hit allowing Estrada to score from third. The Bucs trailed 3-2 after five.

In the sixth, Wentworth scored four runs thanks to doubles from Prisco and Roncal and singles by Petit and Sibert to give the guests a 7-2 advantage. 

Wentworth extended their lead in the top of the seventh with one run and another in the top of the eighth and led the Buccaneers through seven and a half, 9-2. In the bottom of the eighth frame, the Bucs earned two bases-loaded walks of Beechin and Sullivan which brought in Gorry and Houston to put the Bucs down five, 9-4.

Wentworth held the Bucs at bay in the ninth and earned the midweek non-conference win, 9-4, over the Buccaneers.

What's Next

The Bucs are back home on Saturday for senior day and two games against MCLA in conference beginning at 1pm.