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Kyle Douin hitting
James Liebowitz
19
Winner Southern Me. USM 17-4, 8-0 LEC
6
Keene St. KSC 12-11, 6-2 LEC
Winner
Southern Me. USM
17-4, 8-0 LEC
19
Final
6
Keene St. KSC
12-11, 6-2 LEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Southern Me. USM 0 9 0 1 0 0 4 5 19 18 0
Keene St. KSC 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 6 10 2

W: McDonald, Colin (6-0) L: Jake Jachym (0-1)

1
Southern Me. USM 17-5, 8-1 LEC
6
Winner Keene St. KSC 13-11, 7-2 LEC
Southern Me. USM
17-5, 8-1 LEC
1
Final
6
Keene St. KSC
13-11, 7-2 LEC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Me. USM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2
Keene St. KSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 X 6 9 0

W: David Floyd (2-0) L: Gifford, Gabe (1-2)

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

Southern Maine Splits at Keene State

Huskies' Win Streak Concludes at Eight. USM is 17-5 Overall, 8-1 Little East


 KEENE, NH    –  Senior Kyle Douin (Augusta, Maine/Cony) and junior Mike Anquillare (North Haven, Conn.) each drove in five runs as the University of Southern Maine Huskies earned a lopsided 19-6 (8 inning) win over the Keene State College Owls in game one of a Little East Conference baseball doubleheader Saturday afternoon at the Owl Athletic Complex. Keene State rallied with late runs in game two for a 6-1 win to earn the split.
 
The Huskies connected on 18 hits in the opener, including four doubles, a triple and a home run.  Junior Colin McDonald (Gorham, Maine) was the game-one winner going six innings and allowing five earned runs on six hit sand three walks, while striking out six.
 
Junior Gabe Gifford (Bradley, Maine/Old Town) was the hard-luck loser in game two for Southern Maine. Gifford had 11 strikeouts and none walks through 6.2 innings.  He allowed two earned runs on six hits. Sophomore Caleb Vacchiano (Cornish, Maine/Sacopee Valley) led USM in game two with a double and a solo home run.
 
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Records:
GM 1 – Southern Maine 19, Keene State 6 (8 Inn)
Southern Maine (17-4, 8-0 LEC)                                     090 100 45    19-18-0   
Keene State (12-11, 6-2 LEC)                                        000 104 10      6-10-2
 
GM 2 – Southern Maine, Keene State
Southern Maine (17-5, 8-1 LEC)                                     000 000 010   1-4-2
Keene State (13-11, 7-2 LEC)                                        000 000 24x    6-9-0
 
 
Pitching Records:
GM 1
WP: SM, Colin McDonald (6-0), 6.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 6 Ks, 1 HR
LP:  KSC, Jake Jachym (0-1), 1.2 IP, 6 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 3 BB, 2 Ks
 
GM 2
WP:  KSC, David Floyd (2-0), 7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 6 Ks
LP:   SM, Gabe Gifford (1-2), 6.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 11 Ks
 
 
Game One Recap – Southern Maine 19, Keene State 6 (8 innings)
  • Douin and Anquillare each had five RBI in game one to highlight a strong offensive performance that included 18 hits from the Huskies – six for extra bases.  Douin was 5-for-6 with a home run and a double, while Anquillare was 4-for-5 with a triple.  
  • Southern Maine took a big lead early scoring nine runs in the top of the second on six hits and three walks.  Junior Quinn Dillon (Gorham, Maine) drove in the first run with an RBI single, while Douin drove in two-more with a double to right field.  Sophomore Drew Scialdone (Amesbury, Mass.) made it 4-0 after being hit by a pitch for an RBI, while junior Carter Higgins (Truro, Nova Scotia) made it 6-0 with a two-run single to the gap in right. Anquillare, who led off the inning with a single and scored the first run, bumped the Huskies' lead to 8-0 clearing the bases with a triple for two RBI. Freshman Kaiden Morin (Brewer, Maine) ended the rally with a single to left to bring in Anquillare for his second run scored of the inning, and a 9-0 Husky lead.
  • With a solid lead, Husky starter Colin McDonald (Gorham, Maine) pitched a quick 1-2-3 second inning, and worked around a lead-off walk in the bottom of the third.  In the top of four, Dillon gave USM a double-digit lead 10-0 with a sacrifice fly to the gap in right, scoring Anquillare who had reached safely with a one-out single for his third hit of the day. Keene State broke the shut out with a run in the bottom of the fourth as Jonathan Chatfield connected on a lead-off double and scored on a wild pitch after moving up bases on a ground out.
  • The score remained 10-1 in favor of USM until the bottom of the sixth. Back-to-back singles from Chatfield and Otis Follet was followed by a walk to Mitchell Coffey to load the Owls' bases before Ethan Rainha cleared them with a home run for four runs and a 10-5 game with no outs.  McDonald came right back however, getting the next three outs in order on an infield pop-up, and back-to-back strikeouts.
  • The Huskies bounced right back in the top of the seventh scoring four runs to lead 14-5. Douin drove in the first run of the game with a single to shortstop, while Scialdone had an sacrifice fly RBI to left.  Anquillare drove in USM's last two runs of the inning with a single to center field. KSC's Follet took one run back in the bottom of the inning with an RBI single to left off of junior Carson Black (Porter, Maine/Sacopee Valley).  But Black and the Huskies remained ahead comfortably 14-6 with a double-play ball to end the innings.
  • Five more runs in the top of the eighth closed the door on the game for USM.  Junior Evan Baschnagel (Garden City, NY/Chaminade) followed a double from Dillon with one of his own for an RBI, and Douin made it 17-6 with a two-run home run to right on the next at bat.  Higgins and Anquillare each had RBI walks to account for the Huskies' final two runs and a 19-6 lead.
  • In the bottom of eight, senior Chris Quigley (Halifax, Mass.) closed the game getting three strikeouts to work around a double and a two hit-by-pitch to end the game.
 
 
Game Two Recap – Keene State 6, Southern Maine 1
  • With both starters eliminating their opponents bats through the first six innings, Keene State was able to score twice in the bottom of the seventh, and then added four more in the eight to earn the game-two win.
  • Gifford held the Owls' bats to one hit through the first five innings for the Huskies and had eight of his 11 strikeouts in that time.  In the sixth, after earning his ninth strikeout, Gifford surrendered a double and an infield single to the Owls, but came back with his 10th strikeout of the game and a pop out to end the threat.
  • KSC starter David Floyd held USM without a hit until the top of the sixth. In that inning Vachianno had a double and Anquillare had a single, but Floyd managed the threat with back-to-back outs.
  • In the seventh, Floyd continued his strong day retiring USM in order, keeping the game 0-0.  In the bottom of the inning, the Owls collected three of their nine hits in the game to score twice.  Domminic Tagliaferro doubled to lead off the inning, and moved up to third on a single from Ethan Rainha. Gifford got the second out with his 11th strikeout of the day before Luke Anderson knocked a two-run double to the gap in left for a 2-0 KSC lead.  After the double, freshman Charlie Hudson (South Berwick, Maine) entered the game in relief and got the final out.
  • The Huskies cut their deficit in half, 2-1, in the top of the eighth when Vacchiano homered to right field.  The hoem run marked the second of the season for Vacchiano.  Higgins followed with a double in the same spot, but KSC reliever Troy Brennan, who started the inning in relief of Floyd, got back-to-back strikeouts to end the threat.
  • KSC sealed the win in the bottom of the eighth scoring four runs on three hits and a Husky error.  All four of the Owls' runs in the inning were unearned.  Rainha had an RBI single to right for the Owls' sixth overall run and fourth of the inning before the inning ended.
  • In the ninth, Brennan pitched well, getting two strikeouts and a ground out for the 6-2 KSC win.
 
Up Next:
Southern Maine hosts Bates College on Monday (3:30 pm), and then takes on Little East opponent UMass Boston on Tuesday (3:30 pm).   
 
 
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