Baseball: Velzis Drives in two in Loss to Colonels
MILTON, MA -- The Buccaneers traveled to Milton to take on Curry College in their third game of a five game in four day stretch this week. Though the Bucs got on the board first, the hosts won the battle, 11-3.
The Basics
Final: Colonels 11, Buccaneers 3
Records: Curry (6-3)
Maritime (4-6)
On The Mound
Curry: Conor Quinlan: 4 IP | 4 H | 1 R | 1 ER | 3 BB | 4 K
Colman Dyer (W, 1-0): 3 IP | 2 H | 2 R | 2 ER | 0 BB | 2 K
Maritime: John Tropea (L, 0-2): 4 IP | 7 H | 5 R | 5 ER | 5 BB | 6 K
At The Plate
Maritime
- Michael Doyle went 2-for-3 at the dish. Alex Shlapak, Zach Sylvia, Brett Velzis, and Hunter Dean all had hits for the Bucs.
- Sylvia and Velzis's hits were doubles.
- Velzis drove in two of the team's three runs, senior Jacob Rogers drove in the third on a sacrifice fly.
- As a team, Maritime drew four walks and had three sacrifice hits and the sac fly from Rogers.
Curry
- Led by Ryan Goonan and Joan Peralta, the Colonels tallied 13 hits in the game.
- Conor Hanlon and Garrett Foster both had multi-hit games.
- The Colonel's two extra base hits in the game were both home runs from Hanlon and Peralta.
- Goonan drove in six runs in the game. Garrett Fosher scored three runs.
- Curry hitters drew 12 walks off of Maritime pitching in the win.
How It Happened
Maritime scored first in the top of the first on a Velzis double that plated Schlapak. In the bottom of the first, Curry tied the game at 1-1 on a solo home run by Hanlon to right center.
In the second, Curry took the lead on Peralta's homer to left and added two more runs on a Goonan single.
With the score 4-1 in the fourth, Curry added another run to make it 5-1. In the fifth they opened their advantage to eight runs as they scored four more runs. They would add an insurance run in the sixth to make it 11-1.
In the seventh, the Buccaneer bats came alive. Velzis drove in Max Hefner to make it 11-2 and Rogers fouled out to right field giving Sylvia enough time to score from third. That would be all the Bucs could get as they lost to the Colonels 11-3.
What's Next
The Buccaneers are in Worcester, MA on Tuesday to take on the Clark Cougars at 3pm.