AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Junior Tom Vesosky (Colchester, Vermont) and sophomore Janek Luksa (South Paris, Maine/Oxford Hills) each went 2-for-4 at the plate and drove in four runs and three runs respectively to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 15-5 (8 inning) win over the Oswego State Lakers Friday afternoon at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational.
 
Husky sophomore Bryce Afthim (Windham, Maine) picked up the win on the mound pitching eight solid innings, allowing five runs on seven hits and two walks. He struck out six.
 
THE BASICS:
Records:
Oswego (9-2)
Southern Maine (2-6)
 
Score: 
Southern Maine 15  Oswego 5 (8 innings)
 
Pitching:
Winning Pitcher: SM, Afthim (2-0), 8.0 IP, 5 runs, 7 hits, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts
Losing Pitcher: O, Jai Sharma (L, 1-2) 0.0 IP, 3 runs, 3 walks, 0 strikeouts.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Down 4-2 headed to the bottom of the third, Southern Maine rallied to tie the score in the inning and took the go ahead run in the bottom of the fourth before outscoring the Lakers 10-1 over the next four innings for the 15-5 win.
• USM lead early 2-0 on a sacrifice fly RBI from sophomore Cam Seymour (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy) and an RBI double from freshman Zach Mooers (Keene, N.H./Winchendon School) in the first. 
• Oswego scored three runs in the top of the second to snag the lead, including an RBI single through the left side from Blake Van Dreason, and added another in the top of the third. Lukas Olsson picked up the RBI with a ground out to score Ryan Enos. Enos led off the inning with a single to left.
• Seymour and Mooers led off the bottom of the third with a walk and a single respectively before junior Arlo Pike (Buxton, Maine/Bonny Eagle) hit an RBI single through the right side to bring home Seymour.  After a fly out moved Mooers to third, Mooers scored on a fly out to center field.
• With the score knotted up at 4-4, Afthin retired the Oswego side in order racking up three consecutive strikeouts.  Husky senior Jason Komulainen (Gorham, Maine) led off the bottom of the fourth with a single to left and moved up to second on a ground out before coming around to score on a sacrifice fly from Vesosky, giving USM a 5-4 lead.
• Oswego tied it back up with a two-out RBI double Kyle Lauria in the fifth.  However, the Huskies' tagged Oswego with seven runs in the home half of the fifth to snag a 12-5 lead. Seymour, Mooers and Pike each walked to start the inning.
• The Huskies scored their first runs on the inning a trio of walks from Oswego reliever Jai Sharma. Sharma entered the game after Laker starter Anthony Van Fossen to start the inning.
• With the bases load, Ben Wilcox entered the game for Sharma. After getting a force out at home on a fielder's choice, Wilcox's wild pitch allowed Mooers to score. After another walk was given, USM scored two more on back-to-back hit-by-pitch plays giving Komulainen and Luksa an RBI each and the Huskies an 8-5 lead.
• With one out and the bases loaded, Vesosky knocked a double down the right field line for three runs, and advanced to third.  Vesosky's three RBI gave USM an 11-5 lead. USM led 12-5 at the end of the inning as Vesosky scored on an error before the Huskies were retired.
• USM scored two more in the sixth, as Oswego committed two errors and Luksa had an RBI single. The Huskies' made it a 15-5 final with one run in the bottom of the eighth – again on a Luksa RBI single.

 

• INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• USM collected 13 hits off of the Oswego pitchers and drew eight walks.
• Mooers and Komulainen each had three hits for the Huskies, while Vesosky and Luksa had two a piece.

 
UP NEXT:
Southern Maine plays again on Saturday (8:30 am) against the University of Wisconsin La Crosse.