MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME BASEBALL

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Commodore Hendy Field, Buzzards Bay, Mass.

GAME #1 FINAL:                   MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME 9, RIVIER 5

                                                                                                123          456          7                              R             H             E

Rivier (0-5)                                                                             400          100          0              -               5              10            2

Massachusetts Maritime (2-3)                                              000          504          x              -               9              13            2

BATTERIES

RIV:         Jesse Dryz, Gilberto Luis and Ford Coates

MMA:       Tim Moore, Louis Ottino (1), Jared Lowe (4) and William Shouldice, Wil Rodriguez (7)

WP:         Lowe (1-0)              LP:           Dryz (0-1)

GAME #2 FINAL:                   RIVIER 7, MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME 6

                                                                                                123          456          7                              R             H             E

Rivier (1-5)                                                                             002          000          5              -               7              9              1

Massachusetts Maritime (2-4)                                              011          202          0              -               6              10            2

BATTERIES

RIV:         Shaun Hanson, Art Hoffman (6) and Gilberto Luis

MMA:       Nick Levitre, Tyler Genereux (7) and Wil Rodriguez

WP:         Hoffman (1-0)         LP:           Genereux (0-1)

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. --  Senior Chris Hunt’s (Lisbon, N.H.) two-run single plated the tying and winning runs to cap a five-run seventh inning rally that lifted Rivier to a 7-6 nightcap victory over Massachusetts Maritime and a split of a non-league college baseball doubleheader Sunday afternoon at Commodore Hendy Field, as the host Buccaneers posted a 9-5 triumph in the opening contest.

The visiting Raiders (1-5) presented Head Coach Rob Ciarlo with his first collegiate victory and in the process snapped a 29-game winless streak that dated back to April 22, 2008 with the last at-bat rally in the nightcap, as the host Buccaneers (2-4) held a 6-2 edge heading into the seventh.  An RBI groundout by freshman Ford Coates (Raymond, N.H.) plated the first Rivier run in the seventh, and senior Ryan O’Connor’s (Medford, Mass.) two-run single enabled the Raiders to creep to within one at 6-5.  Hunt’s line drive single to left with two outs capped the scoring, and freshman Art Hoffman (Malden, Mass.) set the side down in order in the bottom of the frame to preserve Rivier’s triumph.

Massachusetts Maritime grabbed a 1-0 second inning lead on an RBI groundout by junior Corey Murphy (East Wareham, Mass.), but the Raiders took a 2-1 third inning edge on a two-run double by freshman Kyle Bowser (Newington, N.H.).  The Buccaneers evened matters in the bottom of the frame on a throwing error and grabbed a 4-2 advantage in the fourth on a two-run single by sophomore Kyle Armstrong (Whitman, Mass.).  The hosts extended that margin to 6-2 with a pair of runs in the sixth on an RBI double by junior Michael Vargas (Natick, Mass.) and a run-scoring single by senior Joe Albano (Agawam, Mass.), setting up Rivier’s heroics in the final inning of action.

Bowser rapped out three hits in the nightcap triumph for the Raiders, who also received two hits from O’Connor as part of a nine-hit attack.  Hoffman allowed two hits and a pair of runs in picking up the win in relief of Shaun Hoffman, who allowed three earned runs and fanned five over five innings.  Vargas, Albano and junior Ross Hickey (Centerville, Mass.) each had two hits in the second game setback for the Buccaneers, as freshman Tyler Genereux (Duxbury, Mass.) suffered the setback in relief of junior Nick Levitre (Grafton, Mass.), who allowed two earned runs and fanned four in 6 2/3 innings.

Rivier jumped out to a 4-0 first inning lead in the opener on an error, a Coates sacrifice fly and RBI singles by O’Connor and freshman Tim O’Meara (Burlington, Mass.), and the Raiders extended that lead to 5-0 in the fourth on an error.  Massachusetts Maritime evened matters with five runs in the bottom of the inning, as an RBI single by Levitre was followed by a sacrifice fly by freshman Zachary Sullivan (Barnstable, Mass.) that cut the hosts’ deficit to 5-2, and the Buccaneers plated three runs with two outs on an RBI triple by junior Greg Wiggin (Marshfield, Mass.) and back-to-back RBI doubles off the bats of Murphy and sophomore William Shouldice (Rutland, Vt.).  Massachusetts Maritime snapped the deadlock with four sixth inning runs, as Hickey’s two-run pinch-hit single made it 7-5 before an RBI double by junior Brad Musk (Dania, Fla.) and a bunt single by Vargas added two insurance runs to close out the scoring. 

Musk and Shouldice each rapped out three hits as part of a 13-hit attack in the opener for the Buccaneers, who received two hits each from Vargas and Wiggin.  Sophomore Jared Lowe (Brimfield, Mass.) allowed four hits and an unearned run while fanning two over four innings of relief work to earn the victory for the hosts, as fellow sophomore Louis Ottino (Plymouth, Mass.) fanned three in 2 1/3 early innings of relief effort.  O’Connor, Bowser, sophomore Jeffrey Breslin (Westford, Mass.) and freshman Gilberto Luis (Miami, Fla.) each had two hits in the opening game setback for Rivier, as senior Jesse Dryz (Hyannis, Mass.) allowed seven runs over the first five innings in suffering the setback on the mound for the Raiders.

Massachusetts Maritime hosts Gordon in a non-league outing on Tuesday afternoon at Commodore Hendy Field beginning at 3:00 p.m., while Rivier hosts Colby-Sawyer in a non-league match-up on Thursday afternoon in Nashua, N.H.