BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- Maritime never led in their Friday matchup with the Clark Cougars but they also didn't go away lightly in the extra innings thriller that eventually went Clark's way, 10-6.

The Basics

Final: Cougars 10, Buccaneers 6 (10 Innings)

Records: Clark 8-2

               Maritime 2-6

On the Mound

Clark: Casey Gorczyca: 4 IP | 7 H | 4 R | 2 ER | 1 BB | 1 K

          Jacob Kline: 4 IP | 5 H | 2 R | 2 ER | 1 BB | 6 K

          Sean Borden (W, 1-0): 1 IP | 1 H | 0 R | 0 ER | 1 BB | 2 K

Maritime: Hunter Dean: 5 IP | 8 H | 4 R | 4 ER | 1 BB | 6 K

                Sam Wooley (L, 0-1): 1.2 IP | 3 H | 4 R | 4 ER | 0 BB | 0 K

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Michael Estrada had a great day at the plate going 4-for-5 with a home run, RBI, and two runs scored. 
• Aaron Cole, Evan Vieira, AJ Pietrafesa, and Brett Velzis all had two hits in the game.
• Cole and Vieira each had an RBI. 
• Aidan Weir scored twice in the loss and Michael Logiudice, and Cole scored once.
• Weir had a double to go along with Estrada's home run for the only extra-base hits for the Bucs.
• Cole stole two bags and Vieira, Velzis, and Estrada each had one stolen base.

Clark

• Carter Doran had four hits on the day. Alfonso Jalil added three and Ryan Caulfield and Michael Salzillo each had two.
• Doran drove in four runs while Billy Sullivan and Caulfield drove in two runs each.
• Four Cougars scored twice in the game.
• Caulfield hit a home run for Clark and Doran had two doubles. Jalil and Salzilla each had a double as well.
• Salzillo stole two bags and Sullivan and Caulfield had one steal each.

How It Happened

After a scoreless first two innings of the game, the floodgates opened for both teams. In the third, the Cougars scored two runs on a Caulfield opposite-field home run to take a 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the inning, the Bucs matched the two runs when Vieira singled to right field to drive in a run and another scored on an error. The score was tied, 2-2, after three.

Clark retook the lead in the fourth with two more runs. The first was on a Doran single and the second was when Sullivan reached on a fielder's choice. The Bucs got a run back in the bottom of the frame on Estrada's second home run of the season to make the score 4-3 after four.

Maritime kept Clark off the board in the fifth and then scored a run to tie the game again in the bottom of the inning when Cole scored on a wild pitch. The teams were knotted at 4-4 after five.

The Cougars took another lead in the top of the sixth on a Buccaneer miscue to make it 5-4. They added another run in the inning on another Doran hit and went up two runs again, 6-4. In the bottom of the inning, Clark had another wild pitch with a Buccaneer runner at third, Estrada, and he came in to score to cut the lead back to one run, 6-5. 

Both teams went scoreless in the seventh and the Bucs kept the Cougars off the board in the top of the eighth. In the bottom of the eighth, Cole singled to drive in Weir and the game was once again tied, this time at 6-6 after eight innings.

Clark went down in order in the ninth and the Bucs threatened in the bottom of the inning, loading the bases with two outs. Unable to capitalize and win the game in regulation, the teams went to extras. 

In the 10th, the Clark bats came alive for the first time since the sixth inning and they scored four times to take a 10-6 lead after nine and a half innings played. In the bottom of the 10th, Maritime loaded the bases again but the middle of the order was unable to bring in any runs and the Bucs fell in 10 innings, 10-6.

What's Next

Maritime is back home on Sunday, March 16th, to take on Rivier in a doubleheader at 12pm.