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Sam Henrie, Will Tomlinson Shine as Bay Sox Defeat Schooners 6-1

July 11, 2019 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
New Bedford Bay Sox News Release


The New Bedford Bay Sox earned one of their most comprehensive victories of the season on Thursday night, with a total team effort resulting in a 6-1 victory over the Mystic Schooners at Paul Walsh Field.Sam Henrie (Southern New Hampshire) was sensational both in the field and at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI while making a complete Web Gem at first base in the eighth inning. Ryan Markey (St. John's) and Rafe Chaumette (Trinity) added two hits apiece for the Bay Sox, who moved to 6-6 at home this season and 7-19 overall.

The solid offensive effort was matched by exceptional pitching throughout the evening. Will Tomlinson (Brown) made a strong case to move into the starting rotation on Thursday night, allowing just three hits and one unearned run in his five-inning start to earn his first victory of the season. Kyle Johnson (Holy Cross) and Matthew Stansky (Bryant) locked down the last four innings, giving up just two hits and only allowing one Schooner to reach second base.

Mystic (16-11) struck for a run right out of the gate in the first inning, with consecutive singles followed by consecutive stolen bases and consecutive errors by the Bay Sox. Vincent Martin earned a one-out single to center, then swiped second and moved to third on an error by second baseman Josh Goldstein (Southern New Hampshire). Martin scored on a single over Goldstein's glove by David Beam, and he progressed to third on a steal and an error by Tomlinson's collegiate battery mate Parke Phillips, but was stranded after a strikeout and a groundout to third.

The Bay Sox left two ducks on the pond in the second inning, but put a crooked number on the board in the bottom of the fourth with a four-spot. Henrie led off with a single, and was joined on the bases by Alex Brickman (Dayton) via a walk and the second single of the game by Chaumette. With the sacks packed, Andrew Rapoza (Barry) delivered a single to left field that scored Henrie and Brickman. A sacrifice fly from Goldstein scored Chaumette, and a wild pitch on ball four to Thomas Blandini (Southern New Hampshire) brought Rapoza home from third base for the 4-1 lead.

After the shaky first inning, Tomlinson righted the ship until his final inning, where he allowed two walks and a single to load the bases in the top of the fifth. The senior from Irvine, CA escaped the threat by inducing a fly ball to center by cleanup hitter T.T. Bowens to end his stellar first start of the season after appearing in five games out of the New Bedford bullpen this year.

The Bay Sox picked up another run in the bottom of the fifth, with Ryan Markey (St. John's) singling with one out and scoring all the way from first on a single by Henrie, as an errant throw by Martin in right field got past the third baseman to allow New Bedford to plate their fifth run.

Tomlinson was replaced by Johnson in the sixth, and worked around a single in each of the first two innings that he tossed, whiffing four Schooners batters in the process. He tossed a 1-2-3 eighth inning, backing up his scoreless three-inning outing on July 7th at Upper Valley with another quality appearance that kept the Schooners at bay on Thursday night.

New Bedford tacked on another run in the bottom of the seventh, with four straight singles from the top of the Bay Sox order - Jack Winkler (San Francisco), Markey, Henrie, and Brickman - resulted in the sixth run of the game, with Henrie belting his third hit to drive in Winkler to make it 6-1.

Henrie followed up his RBI single with a spectacular play in the field, making a diving catch to rob Bowens of a base hit, as he darted from his normal position at first base to sprawl near Goldstein's perch at second to make the grab.

Stansky closed out New Bedford's seventh win and second over the Schooners with a perfect ninth inning, as he has hurled the closeout inning in both of New Bedford's wins over Mystic.

The Bay Sox will take to the road for the remainder of the week, visiting Vermont on Friday night and Ocean State on Saturday. Their next home game comes on Tuesday night, as they host the North Adams SteepleCats before a home doubleheader on Wednesday against Danbury.



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