BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- The Buccaneers hosted Westfield State in the second and third games of their conference opening series on Saturday on Taylor's Point. After winning the first game of the series on Friday, the Owls swept the Buccaneers on Saturday, 14-5 in game one and 5-3 in extra innings in game two. In the two games, AJ Pietrafesa had a hit in each game to extend his hitting streak to 23 games.

Game One

The Basics

Final: Owls 14, Buccaneers 5

Records: Westfield (8-3, 2-0)

               Maritime (7-10, 0-2)

On The Mound

Westfield: Ryan Donahue (W, 1-0): 5 IP | 2 H | 4 R | 2 ER | 4 BB | 5 K

Maritime: Sam Huffman (L, 0-2): 1 IP | 2 H | 7 R | 6 ER | 4 BB | 1 K

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• AJ Pietrafesa had two of the Buccaneers four hits in the game. Brett Velzis and Michael Logiudice each had one hit.
• Tucker Leslie, Evan Vieira, Pietrafesa, and Weir all drove in one run.
• Logiudice scored two of the Bucs' runs and Leslie and Michael Estrada both scored once.
• Logiudice had the only extra base hit for the Bucs in the form of a triple. 

Westfield

• Devin Slattery had three hits in the game for the Owls. Sam Palmer recorded two hits in the win.
• Four other Westfield hitters had one hit each.
• Slattery drove in four runs in the game. Palmer, Nolan Florence, and John Bessette all drove in two runs.
• Three Owls drove in one run apiece. 
• Six players scored twice in the win and Sean Clark and Colin Ryan each scored once.
• Florence hit a two-run home run, the only extra base hit for Westfield.
• Palmer recorded two stolen bases, Trey Faulkner had one.

How It Happened

Maritime took the lead in the bottom of the first inning on a Pietrafesa single, extending his hit streak to 22 games, scoring Leslie. Maritime led 1-0 after one inning of play.

In the top of the second, the Owls bats came alive in a big way as they scored seven runs to take a 7-1 lead. The Buccaneers answered in the bottom of the frame with three runs on a bases loaded walk of Leslie to plate Estrada, then on a Vieira ground out to score Logiudice, and they scored their third run of the inning on a wild pitch to bring in Weir. The Bucs trailed the Owls after two innings, 7-4.

Westfield scored two in the fourth, one in the fifth, and three in the sixth to run the score to 13-4 Owls. Maritime answered in the sixth with one run on a Weir ground out that scored Logiudice to make the score 13-5. 

In the top of the seventh, Westfield added one more run and sealed the 14-5 win in game one of the double header and game two of the series.

Game Two

The Basics

Final: Owls 5, Buccaneers 3 (10 Innings)

Records: Westfield (9-3, 3-0)

               Maritime (7-11, 0-3)

On The Mound

Westfield: Colton Vasseur: 5 IP | 3 H | 2 R | 1 ER | 4 BB | 4 K

                 Joe Espinola (W, 1-0): 1 H | 0 R | 0 BB | 2 K

Maritime: Hunter Dean: 7 IP | 9 H | 3 R | 3 ER | 2 BB | 6 K

                Brenden Baiardi (L, 2-3): 3 IP | 3 H | 2 R | 2 ER | 0 BB | 3 K

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Grady Freeman recorded three hits in the game for the Bucs. AJ Pietrafesa recorded a hit to extend his hit streak to 23 games and Alec Marsden added one hit. 
• Pietrasfesa, Freeman, and Logiudice all drove in one run.
• Tucker Leslie, Evan Vieira, and Marsden all scored one run.
• Freeman had two doubles, the only extra base hits for the Buccaneers. 

Westfield

• Sam Palmer had three hits for the Owls in the win. Alex Martin, Devin Slattery, and Robinson Guerrero Baez all had two hits.
• Sean Clark, Nolan Florence, and Thomas LaSpada each had one hit for the Owls.
• Palmer and Clark both drove in two runs, Florence drove in one.
• Palmer scored twice and three owls scored once.
• Palmer hit a home run for Westfield and Slattery had a double.
• Baez stole two bases, Palmer, Martin, and Clark all stole one.

How It Happened

The buccaneers took another early lead in game one getting a run in the bottom of the first as Leslie scored on a Pietrafesa fielder's choice ground out. 

In the top of the third, the Owls tied the game on a Clark sacrifice fly to center to make the score 1-1. 

In the bottom of the fourth, the Bucs pulled ahead again scoring a run on a Logiudice sacrifice to right field scoring Marsden. Maritime led 2-1 after four. 

The Bucs extended their lead two two runs, 3-1, in the bottom of the sixth inning on a Freeman single to right that scored Vieira and the Bucs had their largest lead of the day.

In the top of the seventh, Palmer tied the game for the Owls with a two-run home run to center and the game was sent to extra innings with the score 3-3. 

After two scoreless extra innings, the Owls scored two runs in the top of the tenth and kept the Buccaneers off the board in the bottom of the inning to take game two, 5-3, and the sweep of the conference series. 

What's Next

The Buccaneers will host Mitchell College on Wednesday, April 3rd at 4pm at Hendy Field.