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4
Southern Me. USM 2-12
21
Winner Endicott EC 13-3
Southern Me. USM
2-12
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Final
21
Endicott EC
13-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Me. USM 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 3
Endicott EC 1 4 6 2 3 0 2 3 X 21 24 1

W: Kyan Bagshaw (1-1) L: Miner, Dylan (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Christina Cracolici, Director of Athletic Communications

No.7/14 Endicott College Rolls Southern Maine

BEVERLY, Mass.   –  The No.7/14 ranked Endicott College Gulls pounded out 24 hits and scored 21 runs to defeat the University of Southern Maine Huskies 21-4 in a non-conference baseball game Wednesday afternoon at North Field.
 
The Gulls impressive hitting was marked by a .583 batting average with runners in scoring position (14-for-24).  Caleb Shpur had a team-high five RBI, highlighted by a bases-loaded home run in the bottom of the second as the Gulls rallied from a 2-1 deficit to take a 5-2 lead.   
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THE BASICS:
Records:
Southern Maine (2-12)
No.7/14 Endicott College (13-3)
 
Today's game marked the 35th meeting between Southern Maine and Endicott College.  The Huskies lead the overall series 22-13; however, the Gulls have won the last three consecutively.  Southern Maine previously defeated Endicott, 7-1, on April 17, 2019 at home.
 
Score:  
No. 7/14 Endicott  21
Southern Maine  4
 
Pitching:
Winning Pitcher: Kyan Bagshaw (1-1), 3.0 IP, 2 hits, 2 runs, 1 BB, 3 strikeouts
Losing Pitcher: SM, Dylan Miner (0-2), 1.1 IP, 2 hits, 3 runs (2 earned), 1 BB, 0 strikeouts
Save: None
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Down 1-0 after the first, Southern Maine scored two runs in the top of the second to take a 2-1 lead. The Huskies got on the board as junior Cam Seymour (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy) drew a lead off walk and sophomore Anthony Poole (South Portland, Maine) collected a single to put runners at first and second. After advancing a base on a wild pitch, senior Jonathan Wilson (Granby, Conn.) drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly RBI to center field.  Junior Janek Luksza (South Paris, Maine/Oxford Hills) made it 2-1 with a two-out RBI single to the gap in right. 
  • Endicott bounced right back however in the home half of the second.  A lead off walk, a fielding error, and a hit by pitch loaded the bases against the Huskies before Shpur hit a grand slam to center field for a 5-2 lead. 
  • The Gulls bats stayed active the third with four hits and six runs.  All six of the Gulls' runs in the third came after two outs, highlighted by a two-run single from Robbie Wladkowski and a double to right from Kyle Grabowski.
  • Up 11-2, the Gulls added five more runs over the fourth and fifth innings to widen their gap and lead 16-2.   After a scoreless sixth, the Huskies put two more across the plate in the seventh.  Freshman Dylan Firmin led off the inning for Southern Maine with a home run down the right field line, and Seymour collected an RBI double to the same field.
  •  The Gulls took both runs back in the seventh, and before adding three more in the eighth for the 21-4 final.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
  • Firmin's home run in the seventh inning is the first of his intercollegiate career.  Firmin finished the game 2-for-4 at the plate with an RBI and a run scored.  It was his first multiple-hit game of his career.  He is 4-for-7 and has played in five games.
  • EC's Jake Nardone had two homeruns, driving in four runs .
 
 
UP NEXT:
Southern Maine hosts UMass Dartmouth in a Little East Conference doubleheader on Sunday (12:00 pm) at Ed Flaherty Field.  The games were orginally schedule for Saturday, April 1, 2023.    
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