The NECBL Daily Rundown
June 26, 2022 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) News Release
Sanford erases 8-run deficit to win in extras, highlighting busy Saturday in the NECBL!
Sanford Mainers 10 - Winnipesaukee Muskrats 9
W - Brady Afthim 2-0 (Connecticut): 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 12 K
L - Ryan Dee 1-1 (Hartford): 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Robbie Mills Field in Laconia, N.H. - The Sanford Mainers (7-10) defeated the Winnipesaukee Muskrats (7-8) in an extra inning, comeback victory.
All seemed bleak for the Mainers when they were down 9-1 in the third inning. It would have to take a lot of chipping away to make up for the deficit.
It started with a 2-run single by Alex Knapp (George Mason) in the top of the fourth inning. In the sixth inning, the bases were loaded for Knapp. He hit a ball to Sanford's second baseman, who made an error and allowed two runs to score. Then, Quinn McDaniel (Maine Orono) hit an RBI single to make it 9-6 in the Muskrats' favor. Next, Matthew Polk (Vanderbilt) hit a sacrifice fly.
However, Winnipesaukee did not allow a run in the seventh and eighth inning, which set up for a potential victory in the ninth inning. Sanford's David Bermudez (Manhattan), Aidan Kane (Delaware), and MJ Lucas (North Carolina Asheville) started the inning by reaching base and Kevin Skagerlind (UMass Amherst) drove Bermudez in on a single to make it 9-8. After a lineout, McDaniel tied the game with an RBI walk. The game then went to extra innings.
After neither team scored in the 10th, MJ Lucas scored on a wild pitch to make it 10-9. Sanford's Brady Afthim did everything necessary to keep the automatic runner from scoring in the 10th and 11th innings. All six of his outs were strikeouts, and he earned his second victory of the year.
The Mainers and Muskrats will be playing each other again today at 6:30 p.m., with this game being at Sanford.
Vermont Mountaineers 8 - Keene Swamp Bats 5
W - Anthony DeFabbia 1-0 (Stetson): 2.2 IP, 4 H, 0 ER (2 R), 0 BB, 2 K
L - Zachary Davidson 1-1 (Radford): 4.0 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Montpelier Recreation Field in Montpelier, VT - The Vermont Mountaineers (16-1) downed the Keene Swamp Bats (7-9) to extend their win streak to eight games.
Vermont used a seven-run fifth inning to take the lead and blow the game open. After opening the inning down 1-0, Adam Retzbach (Lehigh) and Tom Josten (Central Florida) both hit two-run homers to give the Mountaineers a 4-1 lead. Vermont tacked on three more runs in the fifth through an Evan Fox (Stony Brook) single and two more Adam Retzbach RBIs. By the end of the inning, the Mountaineers had completely flipped the script and led 7-1.
Keene opened the scoring in the top of the first after a Jackson Ross (Florida Atlantic) RBI double. The score stayed the same before Vermont exploded in the fifth for five runs. The Swamp Bats and Mountaineers traded runs in the sixth before an error in the top of the seventh brought Keene within five runs. Two runs in the top of the ninth for the Swamp Bats closed the gap to three runs.
Vermont looks to make it nine in a row later today when it visits North Adams (4-12) at 5:00 p.m. Keene tries to get back on track in Ocean State today against the Waves (7-10) at 4:30 p.m.
Ocean State Waves 6 - Mystic Schooners 2
W - Joseph Sheets 2-1 (Columbia): 5.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
L - Jake Noviello 0-1 (Fairfield): 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER (3 R), 4 BB, 1 K
Old Mountain Field in South Kingstown, RI - The Ocean State Waves (7-10) beat the Mystic Schooners (6-7) through strong pitching efforts.
After Waves starter Joseph Sheets pitched five strong innings while only giving up two runs, relievers Ayden Head (Georgetown) and Brooks Ey (Virginia Commonwealth) combined to give up no hits over four innings of work. Ocean State used its solid pitching performances to fend off the Schooners and win its seventh game of the season.
Mystic and Ocean State traded runs in the second inning before the Schooners took the lead in the top of the fourth through an Anthony Donofrio (Quinnipiac) solo home run. Donofrio ended the night with two hits and two RBIs. The Waves responded in the bottom of the fourth, scoring two runs and taking a 3-2 lead thanks to stolen bases.
Ocean State tacked on two more in the fifth after a Khyree Miller (Winthrop) solo shot and a Chase Meggers (Oregon) single to extend its lead to 5-2. The Waves' final run came in the bottom of the eighth via a Jake Studley (Connecticut) double.
The Waves play again today at 4:30 p.m. against the Keene Swamp Bats (7-9) while Mystic visits the Newport Gulls (8-7) this afternoon at 3:00 p.m.
Bristol Blues 7 - North Shore Navigators 1
W - Brendan O'Donnell 1-0 (UConn): 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
L - Todd Tringale 1-1 (Dayton): 5 IP, 7 H, 7 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
Muzzy Field in Bristol, CT - The Bristol Blues (13-4) swayed the momentum back in its favor after their loss to Vermont with a 7-1 victory over the North Shore Navigators (3-14).
The Blues came out firing, scoring five runs in the bottom of the first inning. Ryan Wilson (Davidson) got things going with an RBI single to give Bristol the lead. The team tacked on a run with a Ben Huber (UConn) RBI double. The inning was capped off with a three-run home run by Jack Lynch (Manhattan) to put Bristol up 5-0.
North Shore's response came in the fourth with a Jonathan Luders (Seton Hall) RBI single to make it 5-1. Bristol made it 7-1 in the fifth ona Huber RBI single, and a Trevor Austin (Missouri Columbia) groundout. North Shore's bullpen went on to throw three shutout innings after that, and Bristol's bullpen tallied nine strikeouts in the winning effort.
The Blues will take a quick trip north to face the Valley Blue Sox at Mckenzie Stadium on Sunday at 5:05 p.m. The Navigators will enjoy an off day on Sunday before returning to Fraser Field on Monday to take on the Mystic Schooners at 6:35 p.m.
Danbury Westerners 7 - North Adams SteepleCats 2
W - Curtis Clark 2-0 (Capital): 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
L - Cole Zaffiro 0-1 (Pennsylvania): 3.2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Rogers Park in Danbury, CT - The Danbury Westerners (8-8) defeated the North Adams SteepleCats (4-12) in a quality 7-2 team victory.
After Ryan Galanie (Wofford) hit a 2-run home run to put the SteepleCats up 2-0 in the top of the third inning, it was the Westerners' turn to get on the board. Jermaine White (St. John's) singled and Billy Gerlott (Penn State) doubled before Korey Morton (Connecticut) rolled a ground ball to between the first and second baseman. North Adams's second baseman grabbed it, but threw it out of the reach of the pitcher covering first, which caused two runs to score. The next batter was Hank Thomas (Ohio State), who launched the first pitch he saw far over the right-center field fence to make it 4-2.
A Morton 2-run single in the bottom of the fourth made it 6-2, and the Westerners rode on from there. After the third inning, Danbury's starting pitcher Cody Carwile (Georgia Tech) threw a shutout inning, then Curtis Clark threw three innings with only one base runner allowed, and Billy Oldham (Eastern Connecticut State) closed it out with two scoreless innings.
The Westerners will be in Hartford, Vermont today to face the Upper Valley Nighthawks at 5 p.m. today. The SteepleCats will be at home to face the Vermont Mountaineers at 5 p.m. today.
Upper Valley Nighthawks 8 - Valley Blue Sox 4
W - Aaron Munson 2-0 (Angelo State): 3.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
L - Andrew Sears 1-1 (Rhode Island College): 4.1 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
Mackenzie Stadium in Holyoke, MA - The Upper Valley Nighthawks (8-7) cruised to an 8-4 victory over the Valley Blue Sox (9-7)
The Nighthawks were down 1-0 in the top of the third when a rally started to form for them. Ty Kaufman (North Carolina Asheville) reached on an error. Tyler Sorrentino (Charleston) walked and Max Grant (Canisius) was hit by a pitch to load the bases for the NECBL's RBI leader in Ryan Ignoffo (Eastern Illinois). He played to his reputation by hitting a 3-run double to give Upper Valley a 3-1 lead. After William Sullivan (Troy) singled, Ignoffo was moved to third base. Then, when there was a pickoff attempt on Sullivan that started a pickle, Ignoffo came in to score.
After a shutdown inning from Upper Valley's Tommy Peltier (Canisius), Michael Goehrig (Eastern Kentucky) added some insurance on a 2-run home run to make it 6-1. The Nighthawks kept control of the game until its end.
Although they lost 8-4, the Blue Sox had their share of offense. They went 12-for-36 with six walks, and had two players with 3-hit performances.
The Nighthawks' next game will take place today at home at 5 p.m. against the Danbury Westerners.
Martha's Vineyard Sharks 8 - Newport Gulls 4
W - Rafe Schlesinger 1-0 (Miami): 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
L - Ryan Ginther 0-1 (Vanderbilt): 1.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
The Shark Tank in Oak Bluffs, MA - The Martha's Vineyard Sharks (9-8) defeated the Newport Gulls (8-7) after taking control in the first inning.
Michael Snyder (Washington) got Vineyard's momentum started with one man on and one man out when he hit a hard fly ball to right field and over the fence to make it 2-0. The next batter was Jake Berger (Harvard), who walked and then stole second base. Two batters later, Marcus Franco (Nova Southeastern) drove him in on a double. Eventually, the bases were loaded, and a pair of wild pitches scored Franco and Ben Nardi (Catholic).
In the top of the third inning, Newport's Colton Ledbetter (Samford) hit a 2-run single to make it 5-2 in Vineyard's favor. Two innings later, Vineyard's Aiden Tierney hit a 2-run double to make it 7-2. The Sharks kept control of the game until its end and won the game 8-4.
The Sharks' next game will take place tomorrow against the Newport Gulls at 6:35 p.m. The Gulls' next game will be against the Mystic Schooners at 6 p.m. today.
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