GORHAM, Maine – AJ Hamm had a two-run double to left field in the top of the seventh to give the No. 1 Endicott College Gulls the lead en route to an 8-4 win over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a non-conference baseball game Wednesday afternoon at Ed Flaherty Field.
Southern Maine led the Gulls 4-3 after six innings, but Endicott used a three-hit top of the seventh to take the lead on Hamm's double, outscoring USM 5-0 in the final three innings for the win.
Husky starter freshman
Carson Black (Porter, Maine/Sacopee Valley) had a strong outing. Black pitched 5.2 innings allowing three earned runs on six hits and four walks. He had five strikeouts. Senior
Christian Siciliano (Shrewsbury, Mass./St. John's) was 2-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI to lead the Huskies, while senior
Cam Seymour (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy) went 3-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI.
Series History:
Today's game marked the 38
th meeting between the University of Southern Maine and Endicott College. Southern Maine holds a 22-16 lead in series history, but Endicott has won the last six, including an 8-3 decision earlier this season. Southern. Maine last defeated the Gulls, 7-1, on April 19, 2019.
Team Records:
No. 1 Endicott College (26-2) 101 010 221 8-12-2
Southern Maine (9-17) 102 001 000 4-10-2
Pitching Record:
WP: Evan Scully (1-0), 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
LP:
Carson Black (0-1), 5.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 K
SV: Ryan Walton (1), 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
HOW IT HAPPENED: No. 1 Endicott 8, Southern Maine 4
- Both teams scored a run in the first inning with Seymour tying the game up at 1-1 with a two-out double to left.
- Endicott took a 2-1 as Joey Frammartino connected on a lead off home run in the top of the third. The Gulls looked poised for a big inning with runners on second and third with one out after the Frammartino home run, but Black bounced back with a strikeout and a pop out to keep it a one-run game.
- The Huskies answered back with two runs in the home half of the third. Seymour connected on another two-out double to put himself in scoring position before Siciliano put Southern Maine ahead 3-2 with a two-run shot over the left field fence.
- Keeping things close, Endicott tied things up with a run in the top of the fifth. Danny McDougall led off the inning with an infield single, stole second and then advanced to third on a passed ball to help create a Gulls' scoring opportunity with one out, and Rob Wladkowski made it 3-3 with an RBI single into center field.
- Southern Maine took its final lead of the game in the bottom of the sixth on a solid piece of two-out hitting from Brissette. With runners on first and second, Brissette sharply hit a ball to right center to score senior Lucas Francis (Lisbon, Maine/Lisbon Falls). Francis reached with a single into right earlier in the inning.
- USM's lead was short-lived however as the Gulls battled for two runs in the seventh off of Hamm's double for a 5-4 lead, and then extended their lead to 7-4 with two more in the top of the eighth. In the top of the ninth, Dylan Pacheco drove in the final run of the game with a sacrifice fly to left for the 8-4 final.
INSIDE THE STATS
- USM had three doubles in the game: two from Seymour and one from sophomore Chris Quigley (Halifax, Mass./Silver Lake Regional).
- Siciliano's home run is his first of the season. With his 2-for-4 effort today, Siciliano is now hitting .300 (15-for-50) with a double, a home run and 11 RBI.
- Brissette extended his hitting streak to 12 games going 2-for-5 today with a run and an RBI. Brissette is hitting .379 (33-for-87) to lead the Huskies in batting average. He has five doubles, two home runs and 16 RBI.
Up Next:
Southern Maine returns to Little East Conference play on Saturday (12:00 pm) hosting Keene State College in a doubleheader at Ed Flaherty Field. The Huskies remain in LEC action on the road on Tuesday (2:00 pm) at Plymouth State.
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