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Mike White, Zach Buck Shine as Bay Sox Earn First Victory 6-1 over Mainers

June 15, 2019 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
New Bedford Bay Sox News Release


Timely hitting and terrific pitching, along with a little help from the blustery conditions at Paul Walsh Field, combined for New Bedford's first win of the season, as the Bay Sox defeated the Sanford Mainers 6-1 on Saturday night.

Zach Buck (Holy Cross) was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored, while Jeremiah Adams (Army) and Ryan Markey (St. John's) also had two-run hits for the Bay Sox, who improved to 1-6 on the season after several close calls both home and away this year.

Mike White (Stonehill) tossed his second straight excellent start of the season to earn the victory, going five innings while allowing just one run on four hits with four strikeouts and just one free pass. Joshua Eastman (Southern New Hampshire), Henry Ennen (Northeastern) and Matthew Stansky (Bryant) combined to allow just two hits over the final four innings, with five Ks and one walk.

Markey had two hits and a run scored, while Thomas Blandini (Southern New Hampshire) extended his season-long hitting streak to seven games with a single in the eighth inning. Blandini is now hitting .400 (12-for-30) on the season while playing terrific defense at short for New Bedford, and was named to the NECBL Honor Roll for his efforts last week.

The wind was an issue throughout the game, as the Stars and Stripes in straight-away center field was whipping from right to left all evening long. Mainers' shortstop Drew DeMartino dropped popups in the first two innings, and a deep drive to left in the second by Sanford's Brandon Lankford drifted foul, preventing the road squad from taking a 2-0 lead.

The Bay Sox, who have struggled all season long with runners on base, failed to capitalize on the wind-aided miscues in the first two frames, leaving one on base after an inning-ending double play in the first and stranding three in the second inning.

New Bedford was finally able to take advantage of their base runners in the third, as both Markey and Rafe Chaumette (Trinity) began the inning with singles up the middle. After Mainers' starter Brennen Oxford retired the next two batters, Adams belted a double to right field to plate both Bay Sox for a 2-0 lead. After Alex Brickman (Dayton) battled for an eight-pitch walk, Buck drove in two more runs with his own double for a 4-0 advantage.

White allowed his first run of the season, snapping a 9.2 inning scoreless streak, in the fifth inning, as DeMartino singled to right to drive in Robbie Armitage. White was replaced by Joshua Eastman (Southern New Hampshire) in the sixth inning, and the sidearm hurler was also the beneficiary of the breeze at Paul Walsh Field preventing a homer, as Markey fielded a ball up against the fence in left off of the bat of Sanford DH Orlando Adams.

Markey continued his stellar night both at the plate and in the field in the bottom of the sixth, as he found the hole between third base and shortstop, driving in both Buck and Blandini, who reached base with two down in the inning.

Henry Ennen (Northeastern) struck out two batters in the eighth, with the Bay Sox executing a perfect "strike 'em out, throw 'em out" with Buck tossing Elliott Curtis out at second base to end the inning. Matthew Stansky (Bryant) closed out the victory by whiffing two batters to take the zero off of the win column for the Bay Sox.

The Bay Sox take their first trip to Cardines Field for their third meeting with Newport on Monday in their next contest, and come back home on Tuesday night to face Winnipesaukee, who also were seeking their first win of the season on Saturday night.

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