Buccaneers Comeback against Curry for Third Win
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- Tuesday afternoon, the Buccaneers baseball team played host to Curry College at Hendy Field. After a loss to the Colonels in 2022, the Bucs won this one in comeback fashion, 11-5 on cold and windy Taylor's Point.
The Basics
Final: Buccaneers 11, Colonels 5
Records: Maritime (3-2)
Curry (0-2)
On The Mound
Maritime: Hunter Dean: 4 IP | 2 H | 1 R | 0 ER | 4 BB | 4 K
Charles McPherson (W, 1-0): 3 IP | 4 H | 4 R | 1 ER | 1 BB | 1 K
Curry: Coleman Dyer: 4 IP | 5 H | 4 R | 4 ER | 3 BB | 1 K
Drew Fagala (L, 0-1): 1.2 IP | 4 H | 7 R | 0 ER | 2 BB | 3 K
At The Plate
Maritime
- Zach Sylvia, Tucker Leslie, Aidan Henderson, and Evan Vieira all had multi-hit games in the win.
- Henderson recorded a triple, the only extra base hit of the game for the Bucs.
- Henderson drove in three runs, Vieira knocked in two, Jake Quillen, Brett Velzis, AJ Pietrafesa, Michael Estrada, and Chris Perito all drove in one run.
- Estrada scored three times. Syvia and Leslie all scored twice.
- Estrada recorded three walks in the game.
- Velzis, Leslie, and Estrada all recorded a stolen base.
Curry
- Jhonathan Oliveira had two hits in a substitute roll for Curry.
- Ryan Goonan, Tommy Marshall, Brandon Polanco, Joan Peralta, and James Jackson each had a hit in the loss.
- Peralta drove in two runs. Marshall, Jackson and George Calderon all drove in runs.
- Julian Jaume, Marshall, Polanco, Brett Heggs, and Peralta all scored runs.
- Calderon had the only stolen base for the Colonels.
- Heggs walked twice for the visitors.
How It Happened
Curry struck first in the top of the first on a Marshall single to left to score Jaume. The Colonels held the Bucs off in the bottom of the first to hold their 1-0 lead through one.
In the second, the Bucs set the Colonels down and proceeded to take the lead in the bottom of the frame. Vieira singled to left center to score Leslie followed by Perito grounding out to second base which brought in Estrada.
Maritime extended their lead in the bottom of the fourth on Vieira's second single and second RBI. He singled down the right field driving in Estrada.
In the top of the fifth, Curry brough the game back even and took a two-run lead. Peralta singled through the left side bringing in two runs. Jackson singled to right center to bring in Heggs, and Calderon reached on a fielder's choice that brought in Peralta to score from third. Down two, the Bucs grabbed a run back in the bottom of the fifth when Pietrafesa singled to right to plate Sylvia.
Down 5-4, Maritime didn't allow a run in the sixth to the Colonels. In the bottom of the frame they plated seven runs, all unearned to the pitcher, to take what would eventually be the final score, 11-5. The inning included Henderson's triple down the right field line that emptied the bases bringing in three runs.
What's Next
The Buccaneers will host Nichols on Thursday at Hendy Field at 4pm.