Sanford Mainers vs. North Adams SteepleCats

DOUBLEHEADER GAME ONE

Final Score/7: North Adams 2, Sanford 1

North Adams, MA- The SteepleCats hosted the Mainers for a doubleheader on Wednesday with game one beginning at 4:05 pm. Game one was quieter than game two, but it did not disappoint the home fans in North Adams. In the top of the second, Jack Toomey (Boston Col) hit a solo home run to put the Mainers on top 1-0. That was all Sanford could muster, as in the bottom of the fifth, Cuyler Baxter (Wake Forest) tied the game at one apiece with an RBI single. 

Nelphie Lopez (Stetson) would add on in the bottom of the second with a sac fly to give North Adams the lead at 2-1. That was all the SteepleCats would need, as they’d take the win for game one at home

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Sanford Mainers vs. North Adams SteepleCats

DOUBLEHEADER GAME TWO

Final Score/7: Sanford 8, North Adams 5

North Adams, MA- While the SteepleCats took game one, the second game of this doubleheader was a different story. Trey King (Georgia) got things started for Sanford with an RBI single to make the score 1-0 Mainers in the top of the second inning. Brendan Sencaj (Bentley) would add on in the top of the fourth with a two-RBI single, increasing the Mainers’ lead to 3-0. 

North Adams would strike in the bottom of the fourth, when Robert Stang (Dayton) hit an RBI double, driving in the first run of the game for the Cats and making the score 3-1. Qwynn Ahearn (UPenn) followed up with an RBI single, adding on another run for North Adams. Michael Toth (UMass Amherst) clutched up when he hit a two-RBI double, tying the game at 4-4. 

In the top of the fifth, Charlie Jones (Georgia) gave the lead back to Sanford when he hit a two-RBI single to make the score 5-4. Ryder Kirtley added on with his own RBI double, increasing the Mainers’ lead to 6-4. In the top of the seventh, Charlie Jones (Georgia) and Trey King (Georgia) each hit their own respective RBI singles, solidifying the lead at 8-4. In the bottom of the seventh, North Adams put a few runners on base, when Alex Mendes (Mt St Mary’s) hit an RBI single to cut into the lead. Unfortunately for the home fans, that would be all the SteepleCats could muster as Sanford would take game two, 8-5. 

The SteepleCats get their seven-game win streak cut short, sitting at 11-15 on the season. Sanford is now within a win of a .500 record, at 13-14. Both teams are back in action tomorrow, as Sanford has another doubleheader, this time against Keene, at 12:00 p.m. and 6:35 p.m. North Adams heads to Danbury to play the Westerners at 6:35 pm. 

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Vermont Mountaineers vs. Keene SwampBats

Final Score: Keene 15, Vermont 10

Keene, NH – Ty Mainolfi (Boston College) had himself a day, going 5-5 for the SwampBats as they took down the Vermont Mountaineers 15-10 in a high-scoring, error-filled contest. 

Vermont took the lead in the top of the first with a pair of sacrifice flies, but Keene responded right away in the bottom of the frame. After the first four batters were either walked or hit by a pitch, the SwampBats plated five, highlighted by a two-RBI double by Nicholas Romano (FAU). The Mountaineers committed two errors in the inning, but the sloppy defense was far from over. With another two errors in the second, Vermont was lucky to only give up one run, falling behind 6-2.

The Mountaineers managed to tie the game in the fourth, after a big inning led by a two-RBI double from Sam Gates (George Washington) brought the score to 6-6. However, Keene added a run in the bottom of the frame on a Mainolfi RBI single, quickly regaining the lead.

Vermont jumped back in front with RBIs from Jaylen Hernandez (Winthrop), Joey Pagano (St. Joseph’s), and Braeden Smith (Charleston) in the sixth, and another from Hernandez in the seventh to take a 10-7 lead. Yet, two more errors in the bottom of the seventh allowed Keene to get back in it, now trailing just 10-9, before everything unraveled in the eighth. The SwampBats scored six runs in the frame, with Mainolfi and Chandler Tuupo (Charleston Southern) each having two-RBI singles. Two more runs scored on wild pitches to put Keene in front by five. 

Vermont had a whopping eight errors on the day, and continues to spiral in the wrong direction as they drop their fifth consecutive game and fall to 10-18. The Mountaineers look to get back in the win column on Friday against the North Shore Navigators, while Keene climbs to 19-9 and travels to Sanford tomorrow for a modified doubleheader, with first pitch of the resumed game coming at noon.

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