NEW LONDON, N.H. – April 28, 2019 – The Colby-Sawyer baseball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader against UMaine-Farmington on senior day at Kelsey Field Sunday afternoon. The Beavers won 4-0 and 8-7.
UMaine-Farmington improves to 12-21. The Beavers have earned a spot in the North Atlantic Conference postseason, which will take place next week. Colby-Sawyer goes to 6-27. The Chargers will conclude the season at home tomorrow with a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) doubleheader against Johnson & Wales.
GAME ONE – UMF 4, CSC 0
The Beavers turned a couple of Colby-Sawyer miscues into four unearned runs to win the day's first game, 4-0.
UMF got the scoring started in the third with a first and third double-steal situation that saw Troy Johnson (Oxford, Maine) came home from third on a throwing error.
The Beavers then plated three in the sixth on an RBI single from Derek Bowen (Benton, Maine) and a two-run single by Johnson.
UMF Gavin Arsenault (Dixfield, Maine) threw a six-hit shutout with nine strikeouts to earn his second win of the year.
First-year
Derek Griffin (Lebanon, N.H.) took the loss for Colby-Sawyer, but went the distance and surrendered the four unearned runs on seven hits.
Johnson ended the game with a 3-for-3 effort at the dish for UMF.
AJ Cavossa (Foxborough, Mass.) led the Chargers with a pair of hits in three at-bats.
GAME TWO – UMF 8, CSC 7
The second game had a lot of action and just one inning with no runs.
UMF senior Jake Bessey (Jay, Maine) hit a sac fly in the top of the first to give the visitors a quick 1-0 lead.
Colby-Sawyer came right back in the bottom of the inning with two runs on a
Danny McCrystal (Londonderry, N.H.) RBI single and an error.
Senior
Brendan Barrett (Nashua, N.H.) gave Colby-Sawyer a 3-1 lead in the second with a run-scoring double.
UMF answered with two in the top of the third on a ground out and an RBI double from Bowen.
The see-saw continued in the fourth when the Chargers put across a pair of runs to take a 5-3 lead. McCrystal knocked in a run with a single, while Griffin drew a bases loaded walk.
In the top of the fifth, UMF received RBI singles from Bessey and Bowen. Bowen later scored on an error as the Beavers took a 6-5 lead.
In the bottom of the fifth, Colby-Sawyer retook the advantage, 7-6, with RBI singles from Barrett and
Alec Burns (Enosburg Falls, Vt.).
After a scoreless sixth, Bowen knocked in a run with a double and then scored the eventual game-winning run on a sac fly from Hunter LaBossiere (Oxford, Maine).
Kevin Carter (Bowdoinham, Maine) earned the win with 3.2 innings of relief for UMF. He gave up two runs on three hits.
Senior
Joseph Scurto (Wilmington, Mass.) got the start for Colby-Sawyer and pitched the first four innings. He allowed three runs, one earned, on five hits. Senior
Ryan Glendye (Litchfield, N.H.) was saddled with the loss with two runs in 2.2 innings.
Bowen was 4-for-4 with three RBI and two runs for UMF. Chase Malloy (Madison, Maine) went 3-for-4 from the leadoff spot, while Bessey had two hits, two RBI and two runs.
Colby-Sawyer was led by
Brendan Barrett's three hits, three runs and two RBI. McCrystal finished with two hits and two RBI. Burns and
Charlie Danaher (Guilford, Conn.) also had two hits apiece.
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