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Maine
Burns
6
Winner Maine MAINE 2-4
2
The Citadel CIT 2-4
Winner
Maine MAINE
2-4
6
Final
2
The Citadel CIT
2-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Maine MAINE 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 6 7 1
The Citadel CIT 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 0

W: Holt, Sebastian (1-1) L: Yates Bland (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Plates Four Runs in the Ninth to Grab Second Win of the Season

Charleston, SC – The University of Maine baseball team scored four runs in the ninth to defeat The Citadel on Saturday afternoon.

Black Bears Scoring Breakdown:

Brody Rasmussen got the Black Bears on the board in the top of the third inning as he hit a double down the left field line, scoring Chris Bear (BB-SB) on the play.

Will Burns plated the second run of the afternoon for Maine in the top of the fourth as he hit an RBI single to right field, scoring Quinn Murphy (BB-SB) on the play.

Maine scored four runs in the ninth, starting off with Bear (BB-SB) scoring on a wild pitch. Quinn Murphy followed it up with a two-run single to center field, scoring both Drew Reynolds (IBB) and Payton Whitehead (BB) on the play.

Dean O'Neill capped off the four-run inning with a double down the right field line, scoring Murphy (1B).

Black Bear Pitchers:

Caleb Leys turned in three solid innings for the Black Bears in the start as he allowed just 1 run on 2 hits, no walks and striking out 3.

Gianni Gambardella was the first out of the pen on Saturday as he went 3 innings in relief, allowing no runs on 3 hits, 1 walk and 2 strikeouts.

Vaun Larisa began the seventh inning on the mound for Maine, but he lasted only 1/3 of an inning before Sebastian Holt took over on the mound. Larisa allowed 1 run on 1 hit and 2 walks.

Holt (1-1) ended up closing out the game for Maine as he allowed just 1 hit in 2 and 2/3 innings of work, striking out 2 batters without allowing a run.

The Citadel Recap:

Scored one run in the second and one run in the seventh.

Maddox Webb (0-1) took the loss on the mound as he allowed 3 runs on 1 hit, 2 walks and striking out 1 in a 1/3 of an inning.

Final Score: Maine – 6 | The Citadel – 2

Notables:
  • Holt picked up his first win of the season.
  • O'Neill recorded two doubles at the plate.
  • Murphy extended his hitting streak to six-straight games as he has recorded a hit in every game of the season.
Next Time Out:

Maine (2-4) wraps up their series at The Citadel on Sunday, Feb. 23 for the third and final game of the weekend. First pitch is scheduled for 1 PM.

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