North Adams SteepleCats vs. North Shore Navigators

Final Score: North Shore 10, North Adams 1

Lynn, MA – The North Shore Navigators jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, cruising to a 10-1 victory over the North Adams SteepleCats for their fourth win in a row.

North Shore struck in the bottom of the first on an RBI triple from Alex Marot (Charleston Southern), who later came home on a sacrifice fly from Michael Perazza (FAU) to put the Navigators ahead 2-0. The Gulls would add another run in the bottom of the fifth on a Jack Gold (Pomona-Pitzer) RBI single, scoring Jack Rickheim (Harvard) to extend the lead to three.

The next inning was big for the Navigators, as a Simmi Whitehill (Monmouth) single to left scored Jaydon Aukai Kea (Vanderbilt) and Davis Baker (Penn). Whitehill then scored on a sacrifice fly, putting the Navigators ahead 6-0.

North Shore had another big inning in the eighth, as Baker doubled to left, scoring Marot and Jesse Jaconski (Penn St). Baker scored alongside Nater Wachter (UConn) on a Rickheim single, increasing the North Shore lead to double digits.

Down 10-0 in the final frame, the SteepleCats mustered one run on a bases-loaded hit by pitch to avoid the shutout. That’s all they would get, though, as the Navigators took this one handily. 

North Shore pitching allowed only one hit through eight innings. Starter Joe Castrichini (Longwood) tossed five shutout innings along with three strikeouts to earn himself the win, while Joseph Hauser (Northeastern), Elliott Eaton (Princeton), and Pierce Friedman (Maine) each threw a no-hit inning in relief. Dawson Montesa (Adelphi) was issued the loss for the SteepleCats.

The Navigators keep clawing back up the standings, extending their winning streak to four as they sit at 9-14. They get the Danbury Westerners tomorrow in a 6:30 pm road matchup. North Adams falls to 4-13, dropping their fourth in a row, and travels to take on the Keene SwampBats tomorrow at 6:35 pm.

Box Score

Mystic Schooners vs Sanford Mainers

Final Score: Sanford 6, Mystic 5

Sanford, ME- A hard-fought battle between the Sanford Mainers and Mystic Schooners took place on Monday night, with Sanford coming out on top at home, 6-5. David Mendez (Vanderbilt) got things started for Mystic when he scored on an error in the top of the first to quickly put Mystic up 1-0. Ryan Kolben (UMass Amherst) quickly responded with a three-RBI single to make it 3-1 Sanford in the bottom of the second inning. 

In the top of the fourth, Eric Cha (Northeastern) scored on an error by the catcher to make it 3-2 Schooners, fighting back for the lead. The next inning, Davis Johnson (Notre Dame) hit a two-RBI double to give Mystic the lead back, 4-3. Sanford wouldn’t let that stand for long, as Ryan Kolben (UMass Amherst) scored on a passed ball in the top of the seventh to tie the game at four apiece. 

Mystic kept fighting back, as Eric Cha (Northeastern) hit a solo home run to give the lead back to the Schooners at 5-4. Sanford put the game away after, as Charlie Jones (Georgia) would tie the game at 5-5 with a sac fly in the bottom of the eighth, which was followed by a Trey King (Georgia) RBI single to drive in the go-ahead run and make the score 6-5 Sanford. 

With the win, Sanford improves to 7-11 on the season while Mystic falls to 9-12. Sanford pitching combined for thirteen strikeouts, with Alexander Cook (Charleston) and Sam Mitchell (Alabama-Tuscaloosa) earning four each. 

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