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Landon Geis, Athletic Communications Student Employee
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Southern Me. SOUTHERN 25-9
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Winner Mass.-Boston MASS.-BO 18-18
Southern Me. SOUTHERN
25-9
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Final
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Mass.-Boston MASS.-BO
18-18
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 7 1
Mass.-Boston MASS.-BO 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4 8 2

W: Robert Wunsch (2-2) L: Black, Carson (6-1) S: Connor Curtis (1)

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

UMass Boston Outlasts No. 29 Huskies 4-3

GORHAM, Maine –  Wes Sturrup drove in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth and the UMass Boston Beacons' bullpen held the No. 29 University of Southern Maine Huskies' hitless over the next three innings to earn a 4-3 win in Little East Conference baseball action Tuesday evening at Monan Park.
 
Winning at home against the Beacons earlier this month, 7-5, the Huskies split the season series with UMass Boston, suffering just their second loss in conference action this season to stand at 25-9 overall and 12-2 in the LEC.
 
Records:
No. 28 Southern Maine (25-9, 12-2 Little East)                             000 021 000    3-7-1
UMass Boston (18-18, 6-8 Little East)                                           200 101 00x    4-8-2
 
Pitching Records:
WP: UMB, Robert Wunsch (2-2), 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 Ks
LP:  SM, Carson Black (6-1), 6.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB,  4 Ks
SV: UMB, Connor Curtis (Sv, 1), 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 Ks
 
How It Happened:
  • UMass Boston took an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first on a two-run single to center field from Brandon Gear.  Nick Farnacci and Elliot Miles sandwiched a single and a double around a line-out to give Gear baserunners.  Despite another single in the inning from Ben Sherry, USM avoided further damage getting the final two outs.
  • Despite collecting a hit in each of the first three innings the Huskies remained scoreless, and Beacon Robert Wunsch kept the game 2-0 in favor of UMB with a 1-2-3 top of the fourth. In the bottom of the inning, UMass Boston increased its lead to 3-0.  After getting the first two outs of the inning, Sturrup reached on an error, and then scored, unearned, on a single through the right side from Farnacci.
  • USM made it a one-run game in the top of the fifth, scoring a pair of runs on two hits and a Beacon error.  Senior Hunter Brissette (Lisbon, Maine) reached on an error, and them moved up to second on a single from junior Carter Higgins (Truro, Nova Scotia).  After a ground out, both Brissette and Higgins moved to third and second respectively before junior Peter Keblinsky (Ellsworth, Maine) had a two-out, two-run single through the left side for a 3-2 score. 
  • Husky junior Carson Black (Porter, Maine/Sacopee Valley) recorded a 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the fifth and Southern Maine manufactured a run in the sixth to tie the game up at three.  Sophomore Drew Scialdone (Amesbury, Mass.) and senior Mike Anquillare (North Haven, Conn) led off with back-to-back singles.  With runners on first and third and one out, senior Chris Quigley (Halifax, Mass.) picked up the RBI with a fielder's choice.
  • UMB took the lead back in the bottom of the sixth however, collecting three hits.  Ryan Slack led off with a single, and Jayden Lafleur hit a one-out double to put Beacons on first and third.   With runners in scoring position, Sturrup connected on an infield single for a 4-3 lead.  Facing runners still on first and third with one out, Black ended the inning with a strikeout and a ground out.
  • USM had a lead off runner in the seventh, but Owen Ellsworth, who entered in relief of Wunsch to start the inning, came back with a ground out, a pop up and a strikeout to eliminate the three.  In the top of the eighth, Ellsworth got the first two outs of the inning before Austin Stone got the final out via strikeout for a 1-2-3 inning.
  •  Husky freshman Hayden Strout (Charleston, Maine/Foxcroft Academy), who entered in the bottom of the seventh, retired his sixth consecutive batters with a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth keeping USM in it and down a run headed into the top of the ninth. In the ninth, UMB's Ben Cherry got the first two outs before loading the bases on a hit-by-pitch, and back-to-back walks giving the Huskies life. However, Beacon Connor Curtis entered and earned the save getting the final out of the game for the 4-3 final.
 
Up Next:
Southern Maine closes out its regular-season with a Friday conference doubleheader against Eastern Connecticut State (12:00 pm) at Flaherty Field. The 2026 Little East Conference tournament begins on Wednesday, May 6-Saturday, May 9.  The top six teams qualify, and the tourney will be played at the highest seed.
 
 
 
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