LYNN, Mass. (June 15, 2025) 一 A pair of fifth-inning home runs lifted the visiting Martha’s Vineyard Sharks to a 3-1 win over the North Shore Navigators in Sunday afternoon’s New England Collegiate Baseball League game at Fraser Field.

North Shore slipped to 3-8 following its second straight loss on the weekend, while Martha’s Vineyard has now won back-to-back games to improve to 3-5.

Left fielder Michael Perazza (West Virginia), designated hitter Aukai Kea (Vanderbilt) and second baseman Jack Gold (Pomona-Pitzer) all had multi-hit games for the Navs, who out-hit the visitors by a 10-7 count but left 10 runners on base.

Nahant native Nick Reiser (Bridgewater State) provided North Shore with another solid four-inning start, striking out four while allowing just two hits and one walk. Reiser ended three of his four frames with a strikeout, including a two-out, nobody-on jam in the fourth.

The visitors broke the shutout when center fielder Will Hampton (Vanderbilt) hit a one-out solo home run to right. After catcher Max Kaufer (South Carolina) doubled, pinch-hitting first baseman Evan Applewick (Miami) followed with a two-run shot to extend the Martha’s Vineyard lead to three.

Gold helped spark North Shore’s rally in the bottom of the fifth, reaching on a pinch-hit infield single before reaching third on Perazza’s infield single. With center fielder Ethan Wilson (Winthrop) at the plate, Martha’s Vineyard reliever Clayton Poliey (Rider) uncorked a wild pitch to bring Gold home from third.

The Navs recorded three hits over the final two innings, but could not cash in again as Sharks relievers Gio Colasante (Harvard) and Matthew Heyl (Stetson) struck out a combined four. In the eighth, catcher Aidan Sengenberger (Stonehill) and first baseman Alex Marot (West Virginia) both knocked singles before the threat was extinguished.

North Shore received scoreless relief outings from three right-handers to finish the game, as Ray McNaught (Quinnipiac), Elliott Eaton (Princeton) and Swampscott native Pierce Friedman (Maine) all took the mound. McNaught struck out two across two innings before Eaton and Friedman each put up one in their respective innings of work.

Rohan Lettow (Arizona State) earned the win in relief for Martha’s Vineyard after starter Luca Alagheband (Harvard) worked the first three innings. Heyl notched his first save.

The Navs return to North Division action on Monday night when they make the trip across the state to Joe Wolfe Field in North Adams for the first time since 2023 to take on the SteepleCats. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m.