Upper Valley Defeats Sanford in Shortened Contest
June 9, 2025 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
Sanford Mainers News Release
HARTFORD, Vermont - The Sanford Mainers dropped their second consecutive game to open the 2025 season. The Upper Valley Nighthawks defeated Sanford 5-3 in five innings in a game that was called due to inclement weather that led to unplayable field conditions. The Nighthawks improve to 2-1 while the Mainers dip to 0-2.
This is the second game in two days that the Mainers have dropped in the state of Vermont. In similar fashion to last night's loss to the Vermont Mountaineers, Sanford gave up a multi-run lead.
The Mainers jumped on the board right away. Blake Schaff (Georgetown) reached on an error to open up the game, third-year Mainer Jack Toomey (Boston College) then singled. Schaff later scored when Luke Jenkins (UNC Greensboro) grounded out to second. Not long after, Toomey touched home on a wild pitch.
Parker Lendrum (Southern New Hampshire) got the start on the mound and went two innings for Sanford. "I was hoping to get a long outing of him, but he didn't have his best stuff today," said Mainers manager Nic Lops. "I have full confidence that he is going to bounce back." Upper Valley plated one run in both the first and second innings.
Connor Toriello (Salve Regina) took the mound in the third for Sanford. The Maine native allowed three runs (one earned) on three hits but the box score is not indicative of his performance. "Toriello got bled to death," said Lops. The Mainers skipper referring to Toriello getting primarily weak contact from the Nighthawks lineup.
The Mainers tacked on one more in the fifth after a lead-off single from Kyle Douin (Southern Maine), who later scored on a single from Toomey.
Jason Libby (UMaine) made his first appearance for Sanford, after playing for Lops at Southern Maine Community College before transferring to pitch for the Black Bears. Libby fired a scoreless fifth and punched out two before the rain steadily picked up and the game went into a delay.
After the steady rain and tarps only applied to the mound and plate, the game was officially called due to unplayable field conditions.
The Mainers hit the road again on Wednesday when they travel to North Shore for an 11 a.m. first pitch.
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