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Coming off their worst hitting performance of the season, a two-hit 14-1 loss to UMBC, the University of Maine baseball team wasted no time getting the bats going again at Boston College Friday. The Black Bears scored 13 runs on 20 hits and held off BC 13-12 to record their twentieth win of the season.
UMaine split a double header at Hartford Sunday, winning 8-5 and losing 3-2 in the night cap. As of press time, game stats were unavailable.
Friday, UMaine toppled the Eagles in a marathon game that lasted three hours and 25 minutes. According to the New England College Baseball Coaches’ poll the game featured the top two teams in New England, The Black Bears were ranked second behind the Eagles, who topped the poll receiving all six first-place votes.
Sophomore Ross Cantara was the catalyst for UMaine, going 4-5 with six RBI. Cantara’s double in the top of the first plated senior Greg Creek and sophomore Joel Barrett to give the Black Bears the early 2-0 lead.
Cantara’s fireworks continued in the third, where he hit a three run homer to extend UMaine’s lead to 5-0. It was the first home run of Cantara’s career.
Boston College cut the lead to 5-4 in the fourth. Eagle senior Jason Delaney blasted his sixth homer of the season to make it 5-2, and made it 5-3 on senior Marco Albano’s RBI single. Albano then scored on an errant pick-off attempt by UMaine catcher Matt McGraw.
The Black Bears responded in the next inning by sending 12 men to the plate, and scoring eight runs on eight hits. UMaine loaded the bases on a pair of singles by Creek and Barrett, and junior Ryan Quintal was hit by a pitch. Cantara then hit an RBI single and McGraw walked to force home a run. Freshman Curt Smith, senior Mike Ferriggi, sophomore Steve Gambale and junior Joe Hough all had single RBIs in the inning, as the Black Bears took a commanding 13-4 lead.
The Eagles wouldn’t go down quietly though. They battled back in the bottom of the inning with 11 hitters. BC produced five runs on six hits, including a two-run double by Albano, cutting UMaine’s lead to 13-9. The Eagles plated three more in the bottom of the sixth, cutting UMaine’s lead to one.
Junior Scott Robinson stopped the bleeding, allowing just one hit over the final three innings to record his fourth save of the season for the Black Bears.
The Black Bears now stand at 21-11 on the season, 5-3 in America East play.
