GORHAM, Maine – Junior Evan Baschnagel (Garden City, NY/Chaminade), senior Kyle Douin (Augusta, Maine) and senior Dylan Firmin (Stratham, NH/Exeter) each drove in three runs as the University of Southern Maine Huskies' baseball team defeated the Plymouth State University Panthers by a score of 21-3 in seven innings on Wednesday at Flaherty Field. Bachnagel went 2-for-3 with a double and home run and stole two bases.
 
Junior Peter Keblinsky (Ellsworth, Maine), sophomore Caleb Vacchiano (Cornish, Maine/Sacopee Valley) and junior Carter Higgins (Truro, Nova Scotia) each doubled and finished with three total hits. The Huskies have now scored 10 or more runs in 11 of their 19 games this season.
 
Freshman Hayden Strout (Charleston, Maine/Foxcroft Academy) picked up his third win of the season by striking out three hitters over five innings while surrendering just three unearned runs on five hits.
 
Records:                                                                                        
Plymouth State (1-11, 0-3 LEC) 021 000 0  3-7-5
Southern Maine (14-5, 7-0 LEC) 114 546 X   21-19-2
 
Pitching Records:
WP: SM, Hayden Strout (3-0), 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
LP:  PSU, Ross Tine (1-2), 2.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
 
 
How It Happened:

• Baschnagel was hit by a pitch in the bottom of the first then stole second base. He moved over to third on a ground out by Douin before scoring on a balk.
• The Panthers scored two runs on four hits and an error in the top of the second to go up 2-1. Both runs were unearned as they came following a Husky error.
• The Huskies tied the game in their half of the second when a double by Baschnagel plated senior Hunter Brissette (Lisbon, Maine/Lisbon Falls) who had reached after getting hit by a pitch.
• Plymouth State reclaimed the lead in the top of the third 3-2 after two walks, a failed pickoff attempt and a single by Ryan Morgado. Keblinsky and Vacchiano had back-to-back doubles to start the bottom of the inning. Vacchiano later came around to score on a throwing error by the Plymouth State catcher. The Huskies added two more runs on an RBI single by Firmin and another Panther error.
• The Huskies scored five runs on three hits and an error in the fourth. Higgins drove in a run with a single and Firmin drove in a pair of runs with another single. Two runs also scored on an error by the Panthers with the bases loaded.
• A Brissette RBI single and a three-run triple by Douin extended the lead to 15-3 after five innings. Freshman Charlie Hudson (South Berwick, Maine/Marshwood) then replaced Strout on the mound and struck out two Panthers after giving up a leadoff single.
• Southern Maine's offense erupted for six runs on seven hits in the bottom of the sixth. Sophomore Drew Scialdone (Amesbury, Mass.) was hit by a pitch then scored on a triple by senior Chris Quigley (Halifax, Mass.). Quigley then scored on a passed ball. Higgins reached on a single and scored on a two-run blast by Baschnagel with two outs. Douin then walked and scored on Keblinsky's double. Vacchiano drove in Keblinsky with a single and moved to second on a hit by Scialdone. Quigly was then hit by a pitch and the inning ended on the basepaths after a hit by Higgins.
• Junior Gabe Gifford (Bradley, Maine/Old Town) closed out the game by getting a flyout and two groundouts while giving up one hit.

 
Inside the Box Score

• Baschnagel's home run is his eighth of the season.
• Southern Maine's six doubles in today's game match their season high from their win against Ripon College on March 16. The team's two triples match their season-high from a win against Lakeland University on March 13.

 
Up Next:
Southern Maine will host Clark University for a non-conference tomorrow at 3:30 pm.