
Booker Homers in Sweep at Hands of Wildcats
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Buccaneers traveled to Rhode Island on Wednesday for a non-conference doubleheader with Johnson & Wales. Unfortunately for the Bucs, their bats never got hot and they dropped the doubleheader, 8-2 and 10-0.
Game One
The Basics
Final: Wildcats 8, Buccaneers 2
Records: Maritime 14-9
Johnson & Wales 13-12
In the Circle
Maritime: Jennamarie Klemp (L, 7-6): 6 IP | 11 H | 8 R | 6 ER | 2 BB | 0K
Johnson & Wales: Katie Scheid (W, 7-5): 7 IP | 5 H | 2 R | 2 ER | 1 BB | 7 K
Inside The Numbers
Maritime
- Eva Warren led the Bucs offense with two hits. Reagan Kerecz, Kelsey Booker, and Camryn Whitman had a hit apiece.
- Sarah Holler and Booker drove in a run.
- Kerecz and Booker scored the two Buccaneer runs.
- Booker hit a solo home run for the Bucs, the only extra-base hit in the game.
- Hannah Burton stole a base in the loss.
Johnson & Wales
- Amanda Madigan, Mady Lyons, and Jessica Forneiro all had two hits for the Wildcats. Mackenzie Clee, Caroline Amorelli, Morgan Pelletier, Danielle Floyd, and Jadyn Torres had one hit.
- Amorelli and Forneiro drove in two runs. Clee, Pelletier, and Chloe Brunelle drove in one.
- Madigan and Forneiro scored twice, and Clee, Abby Nersesian, Rachel Gosselin, and Floyd scored one run.
- Forneiro had a double, the only Wildcat extra-base hit.
- Forneiro stole one bag for the hosts.
How It Happened
The Wildcats scored first in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead.
JWU added a run in the second and went up 2-0.
In the third, the Wildcats added two more runs and led 4-0 after three innings.
In the top of the fourth, Booker homered to get the Bucs on the board. Johnson & Wales led 4-1 after four innings of play.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Wildcats added two insurance runs and led 6-1 after five.
Maritime scored their second run in the top of the sixth inning, thanks to a Wildcat error on a ball hit by Holler that allowed Kereza to score. In the bottom of the frame, the Wildcats added two more runs to make the score 8-2.
Game Two
The Basics
Final: Wildcats 10, Buccaneers 0
Records: Maritime 14-10
Johnson & Wales 14-12
In the Circle
Maritime: Ashleigh Catlett (L, 7-4): 4 IP | 6 H | 10 R | 10 ER | 8 BB | 1 K
Johnson & Wales: Jill Reed (W, 5-3): 5 IP | 0 H | 0 R | 1 BB | 5 K
Inside the Numbers
Maritime
- The Bucs had two base runners in the game. Hannah Burton walked and Natalie Gale reached on an error.
Johnson & Wales
- Macy Pagano had two hits and four other Wildcats recorded one.
- Pagano drove in three runs and Caroline Amorelli and Hailey Martins drove in two. Mady Lyons recorded one RBI.
- Seven different JWU players scored in the win.
- Amorelli, Pagano, Martins, and Jadyn Torres all had doubles.
- Mackenzie Clee, Martins, and Torres all stole a base.
How It Happened
The Buccaneers were no hit by Reed in the ball game with just two base runners in the loss. The Wildcats scored 10 runs over four innings, including six in the fourth to secure the 10-0 victory.
What's Next
Maritime is at MCLA on Saturday for a conference doubleheader with the Trailblazers.