BANGOR – Adam Sheehan went 2-for-4 with three RBIs to lead Husson College to a 6-4 victory over Bates College in baseball action on Tuesday.
Bill Kane chipped in for Husson with two hits and one RBI, while Kyle Mathieu added a pair of hits. Barrett Dionne scattered seven hits in eight innings of work to notch the win.
Brian Mahoney led the way for the Bobcats with two hits and two RBIs, while Ryohei Yamada belted out an RBI double. Starting pitcher John Ribas allowed eight hits and five runs in four innings and was saddled with the loss.
Thomas 8, Colby 3
WATERVILLE – Thomas College exploded for four runs in the third inning and added tallies down the stretch to nail down an 8-3 win over Colby in baseball action Tuesday.
The White Mules (0-23) struck first with a run in the second inning, but the Terriers (8-16) responded in the third to take a 4-1 lead. Jim Pierce went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles for the Terriers.
Colby closed the gap in the fifth inning with a pair of runs to remain within striking distance, trailing 4-3. But Thomas College added some padding with a pair of runs each in the seventh and eighth frames.
Darby Cheney earned the complete game win for the Terriers.
USM 8, Bowdoin 2
GORHAM – Freshman Eddie Skeffington hit a two-run homer in the third inning to propel the University of Southern Maine to an 8-2 win over Bowdoin College in baseball action on Tuesday.
The Huskies (18-9) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. A one-out walk to sophomore Ryan Bourque, a stolen base and a two-out double by senior Brandon Brewer produced the first run. Brewer later scored on an RBI single by Max Arsenault.
The Polar Bears (15-10) got one run back in the fourth as senior right-hander Erik Kent walked the first three batters he faced, and subsequently scored on a double play.
Southern Maine added more damage with three unearned runs in the sixth inning on a two-run double by Bourque, who later scored the third run on an infield error.
St. Joe’s sweeps
STANDISH – St. Joe’s jumped out to an early lead and earned an 11-4 win over Plymouth State in the opener, while freshman Miles Johnson struck out six batters and earned his second win of the season in the nightcap with an 8-5 victory for the Monks.
The Monks (23-8) sped off with three runs in the first inning on a three-run blast by freshman Luke Enman who scored Derek McIntosh of Auburn and freshman Charlie Furbush. The lead was extended in the second inning as St. Joe’s batted around and scored six runs to take an early 9-0 lead.
St. Joe’s got off to another good start in the nightcap until giving up three runs in the fourth inning. The Monks rebounded in the fifth frame with McIntosh scoring on a single by Aaron Cieslak before adding three more runs in the sixth for an 8-3 lead.
Softball
Bates, Bowdoin split
BRUNSWICK – The Bowdoin and Bates softball teams split a doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon, with the Polar Bears taking Game 1, 8-0, and the Bobcats claiming Game 2, 2-1.
The first game saw Bowdoin pull out a convincing victory behind the stellar pitching of Emily Nelson. Nelson allowed just one hit and struck out 10 Bobcats as the game was called due to the eight-run-rule following five innings of play.
Danielle Chagnon was a one-woman wrecking crew for Bowdoin, hammering out three hits in three at-bats, including a three-run homer and an RBI single.
The nightcap saw a pair of solo home runs by Katie Franklin lift Bates to a 2-1 win.
Franklin tagged Nelson for a solo shot in the third inning, but Bowdoin rallied to tie things in the sixth on a key two-out RBI single from Megan Rodgers.
Franklin answered for Bates with another roundtripper in the top of the seventh off Bowdoin’s Caitlin Polistena as Bobcat hurler Kristin Masino silenced the Bowdoin bats, allowing just four hits.
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